Malignant melanoma of the anal canal

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28 February 1963

journal article
research article
Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology

Vol. 16 (2) , 126-132
https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.16.2.126

Abstract

The clinical and pathological features of 15 cases of malignant melanoma of the anal canal are described. It would appear from this study that these tumours arise from squamous epithelium lining that part of the anal canal at or just above the line of the anal valves.

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