Diffuse malignant melanoma of the choroid simulating metastatic tumour in the choroid

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-140

  Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a,b   Raghavendra, Ramesh ^a   Ratra, Vineet ^a   Krishnakumar, S ^a   Gopal, Lingam ^a   Shanmugam, Mahesh P ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID; CHOROID TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHOROID; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 0034198417     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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