Varix of the vortex vein as a differential diagnosis in tumors of the choroid;Varix der vortex ampulla: Ungewohnliche differentialdiagnose bei aderhauttumoren

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 334-336

  Wolfensberger, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ampulla; Choroidal melanoma; Vortex vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VARICOSIS; CHOROID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

CHOROID; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; VARICOSE VEINS; VEINS;

EID: 0030766428     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1035069     Document Type: Article

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