Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 244-247 , September 2009

Malignant Melanoma of the External Auditory Canal

  • Chiu-Hung Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, national Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzong-Yang Tu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, national Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pen-Yuan Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, national Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Wei Chen

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Cancer Center, national Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wing-Yin Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Pathology, national Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 8 October 2008 ,Revised 20 November 2008 ,Accepted 23 December 2008.

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PII: S1016-3190(09)60047-1

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60047-1

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 244-247 , September 2009

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