Malignant melanoma of the choroid associated with misdiagnosed ocular melanocytosis

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-110

  Viestenz, Arne ^a   Conway, Robert Max ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choroidal melanoma; Conjunctival melanosis; Malignant melanoma; Ocular melanocytosis; Tumour

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRIS; MELANOCYTOSIS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS;

EID: 14744300783     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2004.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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