Amelanotic choroidal nevus and melanoma: Cytology, tumor size, and pigmentation as prognostic indicators

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 483-491

  Lee, Dennis S ^a,b   Anderson, Sheila F ^a,b   Perez, Evelyn M ^c   Townsend, John C ^a,b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^c Santa Barbara Ambulatory Care Center ^*

Author keywords

Amelanotic; Choroidal melanoma; Choroidal nevus; Epithelioid cells; Metastasis; Pigmentation; Spindle cells

Indexed keywords

CELLS; HISTOLOGY; PIGMENTS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

PROGNOSIS;

CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CHOROID MELANOMA; CYTOLOGY; ENUCLEATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NEVUS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0034889778     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200107000-00010     Document Type: Article

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