Double choroidal malignant melanoma in an eye with apparent clinical regression

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 441-448

  Holck, David E E ^a   Dutton, Jonathan J ^b   Pendergast, Scott D ^b   Klintworth, Gordon K ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroidal malignant melanoma; Enucleation; Melanoma regression; Multicentric choroidal melanomas; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHOROID TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; UVEA TUMOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; EYE ENUCLEATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY;

EID: 0031948721     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(97)00136-7     Document Type: Review

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