Choroidal melanoma in a 14-year-old patient with ocular melanocytosis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1112-1114

  Gunduz, Kaan ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a,c   Shields, Carol L ^a   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENUCLEATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032454025     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.8.1112     Document Type: Article

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