Varix of the vortex vein ampulla simulating choroidal melanoma: Report of four cases

Retina

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 343-347

  Gündüz, Kaan ^a   Shields, Carol L ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampulla; Angiography; Choroid; Doppler; Fluorescein indocyanine green; Melanoma; Ultrasonography; Vortex vein

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CHOROID MELANOMA; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0343619381     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199807000-00009     Document Type: Article

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