Bilateral Choroidal Metastases as the Initial Presentation of a Small Breast Carcinoma: A Case Report

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-103

  Chen, Yi Ru ^a   Lin, Tseng Hsi ^a   Chan, Shu Mei ^a   Chen, Shen Wen ^a   Yang, Yangsen ^a   Ho, Kai Chen ^a   Young, Ji Hsiung ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Choroidal metastasis; Occult breast carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHOROID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 2442615091     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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