Anorectal melanoma treated with abdominoperineal resection

The diagnosis of primary malignant melanoma of the anorectum is extremely rare and carries a very poor prognosis. While it is the third most common site of a primary melanoma, it accounts for <1% of anorectal malignancies. We present cases of anorectal melanoma treated with abdominoperineal resec...

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Autores principales: Svoboda, Shane M., Attuwaybi, Bashir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30455915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1784
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spelling pubmed-62306412018-11-19 Anorectal melanoma treated with abdominoperineal resection Svoboda, Shane M. Attuwaybi, Bashir Clin Case Rep Case Reports The diagnosis of primary malignant melanoma of the anorectum is extremely rare and carries a very poor prognosis. While it is the third most common site of a primary melanoma, it accounts for <1% of anorectal malignancies. We present cases of anorectal melanoma treated with abdominoperineal resection. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-10-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6230641/ /pubmed/30455915 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1784 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Anorectal melanoma treated with abdominoperineal resection
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title_full_unstemmed Anorectal melanoma treated with abdominoperineal resection
title_short Anorectal melanoma treated with abdominoperineal resection
title_sort anorectal melanoma treated with abdominoperineal resection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30455915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1784
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