A case of cutaneous melanoma metastatic to the right eye and left orbit [1]

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 420-422

  Drummond, Suzie R ^a   Fenton, S ^a   Pantilidis, E P ^a   Harnett, A N ^a   Kemp, E G ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DACARBAZINE; METHOTREXATE DERIVATIVE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; B SCAN; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ENUCLEATION; EXCISION; EYE CANCER; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORBIT METASTASIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; SKIN METASTASIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0037718158     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700360     Document Type: Letter

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