Melanocytoma inducing compressive optic neuropathy: The ocular morbidity potential of an otherwise invariably benign lesion

Optometry

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-38

  Besada, Euologio ^a   Shechtman, Diana ^a   Barr, Robert D ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressive optic neuropathy; Optic nerve melanocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; PIGMENTED NEVUS; REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036358929     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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