Malignant melanoma of the lacrimal sac complicating primary acquired melanosis of the conjunctiva

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 501-504

  McNab, Alan A ^a,c   McKelvie, Penny ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LACRIMAL SAC; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS DISEASES; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; ORBIT EVISCERATION;

EID: 0030999540     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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