Isolated Malignant Melanoma Metastasis to the Pancreas

SUMMARY: Malignant melanomas rarely develop isolated pancreatic metastases. We describe a unique patient who is still alive 22 years following an isolated pancreatic melanoma metastasis, and we review the sparse literature in the field.

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Autores principales: Larsen, Anne K., Krag, Christen, Geertsen, Poul, Jakobsen, Linda P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2013
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4186302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25289269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000018
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Jakobsen, Linda P.
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spelling pubmed-41863022014-10-06 Isolated Malignant Melanoma Metastasis to the Pancreas Larsen, Anne K. Krag, Christen Geertsen, Poul Jakobsen, Linda P. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Case Reports SUMMARY: Malignant melanomas rarely develop isolated pancreatic metastases. We describe a unique patient who is still alive 22 years following an isolated pancreatic melanoma metastasis, and we review the sparse literature in the field. Wolters Kluwer Health 2013-12-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4186302/ /pubmed/25289269 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000018 Text en Copyright © 2013 The Authors. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. PRS Global Open is a publication of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivitives 3.0 License, where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.
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Larsen, Anne K.
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Geertsen, Poul
Jakobsen, Linda P.
Isolated Malignant Melanoma Metastasis to the Pancreas
title Isolated Malignant Melanoma Metastasis to the Pancreas
title_full Isolated Malignant Melanoma Metastasis to the Pancreas
title_fullStr Isolated Malignant Melanoma Metastasis to the Pancreas
title_full_unstemmed Isolated Malignant Melanoma Metastasis to the Pancreas
title_short Isolated Malignant Melanoma Metastasis to the Pancreas
title_sort isolated malignant melanoma metastasis to the pancreas
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4186302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25289269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000018
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