Finding malignant change in a necrotic choroidal melanocytoma: A clinical challenge [4]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 921-922

  Kurli, M ^a,b   Finger, Paul T ^a,c   Manor, T ^a   McCormick, S A ^b   Grossniklaus, H E ^d  

^a NEW YORK EYE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTOSIS; NECROTIC CHOROIDAL MELANOCYTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CHOROID; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECROSIS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED;

EID: 21344449046     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.060038     Document Type: Letter

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