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Scalp Melanoma Diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in a Tertiary Health Center

Melanoma is one of the most aggressive malignant skin neoplasms worldwide with more than 20% of world melanoma seen in black Africa and Asia. Late presentation due to ignorance, poverty, and lack of adequate health facility in Nigeria is always the norms. We present this case report because of preci...

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Autores principales: Zarami, A. B., Satumari, N. A., Ahmed, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4664796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26664783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/605906
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description Melanoma is one of the most aggressive malignant skin neoplasms worldwide with more than 20% of world melanoma seen in black Africa and Asia. Late presentation due to ignorance, poverty, and lack of adequate health facility in Nigeria is always the norms. We present this case report because of precision in diagnosis, using fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) to reemphasize that the technique is cheap, cost effective, and quick that can reduce the burden of incisional biopsy before definitive surgery and improve early detection of the disease especially in developing countries.
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spelling pubmed-46647962015-12-09 Scalp Melanoma Diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in a Tertiary Health Center Zarami, A. B. Satumari, N. A. Ahmed, M. Case Rep Oncol Med Case Report Melanoma is one of the most aggressive malignant skin neoplasms worldwide with more than 20% of world melanoma seen in black Africa and Asia. Late presentation due to ignorance, poverty, and lack of adequate health facility in Nigeria is always the norms. We present this case report because of precision in diagnosis, using fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) to reemphasize that the technique is cheap, cost effective, and quick that can reduce the burden of incisional biopsy before definitive surgery and improve early detection of the disease especially in developing countries. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4664796/ /pubmed/26664783 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/605906 Text en Copyright © 2015 A. B. Zarami et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Scalp Melanoma Diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in a Tertiary Health Center
title_fullStr Scalp Melanoma Diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in a Tertiary Health Center
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title_short Scalp Melanoma Diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in a Tertiary Health Center
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4664796/
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