Extracutaneous melanomas: a primer for the radiologist.

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Published in Insights Imaging on September 03, 2015

Authors

Abhishek R Keraliya1, Katherine M Krajewski2, Marta Braschi-Amirfarzan2, Sree Harsha Tirumani2, Atul B Shinagare2, Jyothi P Jagannathan2, Nikhil H Ramaiya2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Imaging, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 and Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. akeraliya@partners.org.
2: Department of Imaging, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 and Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.

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