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Case Reports

5-Year survival after splenectomy in a patient with recurrent cutaneous melanoma: a case report

Lynn De RoeckDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Laura WuytsDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
,
Benjamin PetersDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
&
Martin RuppertDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
Pages 384-387 | Received 13 Jun 2017, Accepted 28 Oct 2017, Published online: 08 Nov 2017

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