Surgical removal and histopathologic findings of a subfoveal neovascular membrane associated with choroidal osteoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-276

  Foster, Bradley S ^b   Fernandez Suntay, Jessica P ^b   Dryja, Thaddeus P ^b   Jakobiec, Frederick A ^b   D'Amico, Donald J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CHOROID TUMOR; CHOROIDAL OSTEOMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER COAGULATION; METAMORPHOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OSTEOMA; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0037311845     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.2.273     Document Type: Article

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