Cutaneous melanoma metastasizing to the iris and choroid: A case report

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 240, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1036-1038

  Viestenz, Arne ^a   Berger, Thomas ^a   Küchle, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE;

ADULT; ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DOCUMENTATION; EYE CANCER; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MUCOSA; PATIENT MONITORING; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036948079     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-002-0582-8     Document Type: Article

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