Anterior uveal and episcleral metastases from carcinoma of the breast

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 368-372

  Reddy, S C ^a,b   Madhavan, M ^a   Mutum, S S ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of the breast; Ciliary body; Episcleral nodule; Glaucoma; Iris; Ocular metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; EYE TUMOR; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; SCLERA DISEASE; UVEA TUMOR;

EID: 0033808183     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027523     Document Type: Article

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