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Primary Retroperitoneal Malignant Melanoma with Involvement of Iliac Artery and Vein

Primary retroperitoneal melanoma is a very rare extracutaneous presentation of melanoma. In this case report, we present a 65-year-old female with unilateral lower extremity edema secondary to occlusion of iliac vessels by a primary retroperitoneal melanoma tumor. We also review the findings in othe...

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Autores principales: Oulee, Aislyn, Xu, Ling, Worswick, Scott
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8437670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34527055
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3526071
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description Primary retroperitoneal melanoma is a very rare extracutaneous presentation of melanoma. In this case report, we present a 65-year-old female with unilateral lower extremity edema secondary to occlusion of iliac vessels by a primary retroperitoneal melanoma tumor. We also review the findings in other cases previously described in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-84376702021-09-14 Primary Retroperitoneal Malignant Melanoma with Involvement of Iliac Artery and Vein Oulee, Aislyn Xu, Ling Worswick, Scott Case Rep Med Case Report Primary retroperitoneal melanoma is a very rare extracutaneous presentation of melanoma. In this case report, we present a 65-year-old female with unilateral lower extremity edema secondary to occlusion of iliac vessels by a primary retroperitoneal melanoma tumor. We also review the findings in other cases previously described in the literature. Hindawi 2021-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8437670/ /pubmed/34527055 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3526071 Text en Copyright © 2021 Aislyn Oulee et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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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Oulee, Aislyn
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Primary Retroperitoneal Malignant Melanoma with Involvement of Iliac Artery and Vein
title Primary Retroperitoneal Malignant Melanoma with Involvement of Iliac Artery and Vein
title_full Primary Retroperitoneal Malignant Melanoma with Involvement of Iliac Artery and Vein
title_fullStr Primary Retroperitoneal Malignant Melanoma with Involvement of Iliac Artery and Vein
title_full_unstemmed Primary Retroperitoneal Malignant Melanoma with Involvement of Iliac Artery and Vein
title_short Primary Retroperitoneal Malignant Melanoma with Involvement of Iliac Artery and Vein
title_sort primary retroperitoneal malignant melanoma with involvement of iliac artery and vein
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8437670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34527055
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3526071
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