Coexistent metastatic melanoma of the kidney with unknown primary and renal cell carcinoma
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Coexistent malignant melanoma and renal cell carcinoma.
Patients with malignant melanoma are at an increased risk of developing subsequent primary melanomas and also nonmelanoma cutaneous cancers. Several studies have reported an association between malignant melanoma and breast cancer, bladder cancer, colorectal cancer, neuroectodermal tumours, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukaemia and renal cell carcinoma. We report a case series of patients with a di...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007286