Tumour to Tumour Metastasis of Malignant Melanoma to Intracranial Tumour
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Tumour to Tumour Metastasis of Malignant Melanoma to Intracranial Tumour
UNLABELLED Tumours can metastasize to sites of other tumours but this is a rare event. The phenomenon has been well described in primary tumours of the lung and breast. This has been described in melanomas but as very rare occurrence. We describe a case of a malignant melanoma that metastasized to a pre-existing meningioma. We have tried to highlight this phenomenon in patient with melanoma and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Medicine Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1918-3003
DOI: 10.4021/jocmr2009.11.1273