Intracranial hemorrhagic metastases as the first manifestation of an occult melanoma

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2015; 04(02): 101-102
DOI: 10.4103/2278-330X.155705

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V. Umamaheswara Reddy

Department of Radiology, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
P. Suneetha

Department of Radiology, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
Vissa Shanthi

Department of Radiology, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
K. V. Murali Mohan

Department of Radiology, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
Amit Agrawal

Department of Radiology, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh

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