Diffuse melanotic lesion of the iris as a presenting feature of ciliary body melanocytoma: Report of a case and review of the literature

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 378-382

  Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a,b   D'Souza, Candace ^a   Shanmugam, Mahesh P ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Ciliary body; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Melanocytoma; Melanoma; Secondary glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; MELANIN; PILOCARPINE; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CILIARY BODY; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS DISEASE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SLIT LAMP; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; IRIS TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; UVEA TUMOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CILIARY BODY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRIS NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031594454     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(97)00087-8     Document Type: Review

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