Breast cancer metastatic to the choroid in a male patient case report

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Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-335

  Silvestris, Nicola ^a,b   Di Cosimo, Serena ^a   Ferretti, Gianluigi ^a   Angelini, Francesco ^a   De Benedetti, Giacomo ^b   D'Alberto, Alessandra ^b   Caselli, Maurizio ^b   D'Aprile, Modesto ^a  

^a Operative Unit of Medical Oncology   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA GORETTI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Choroidal metastasis; Male breast carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; TAMOXIFEN;

A SCAN; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHOROID METASTASIS; CHOROID TUMOR; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MASTECTOMY; RETINA DETACHMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0041927825     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160308900321     Document Type: Article

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