Plexiform pigmented schwannoma of the uvea

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-168

  Saavedra, Egbert ^a   Singh, Arun D ^a   Sears, Jonathan E ^a   Ratliff, Norman B ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pigmented; Plexiform; Schwannoma; Tumor; Uveal

Indexed keywords

B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CHOROID; CILIARY BODY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIS; MELANOCYTOSIS; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; UVEA MELANOMA; UVEA TUMOR;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRIS; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; NEURILEMMOMA; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33144463131     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2005.12.004     Document Type: Review

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