Bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation associated with pancreatic carcinoma: A case report and literature review of this paraneoplastic syndrome

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 613-625

  O'Neal, Kevin D ^a,b   Butnor, Kelly J ^a,c   Perkinson, Kathryn R ^a   Proia, Alan D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Western Wake Medical Center   (United States)

^c FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic hyperplasia; Melanocytes; Melanoma; Paraneoplatic syndromes; Uvea

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; HEPARIN; PACLITAXEL;

ANAMNESIS; AUTOPSY; BILATERAL DIFFUSE UVEAL MELANOCYTIC PROLIFERATION; BLINDNESS; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LUNG CARCINOMA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOCYTE; MORTALITY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; THROMBOSIS; UVEA DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; YAG LASER;

EID: 0242411870     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2003.08.005     Document Type: Review

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