Ciliary body melanoma masquerading as chronic uveitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 253-256

  Nguyen, Quan Dong ^a   Foster, C Stephen ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliary body; Masquerade; Melanoma; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CILIARY BODY TUMOR; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; MELANOMA; UVEITIS; VITRECTOMY;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CILIARY BODY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; UVEITIS; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0032411802     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.6.4.253.4031     Document Type: Article

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