Melanocytoma of the optic disk: A review

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-104

  Shields, Jerry A ^a,c   Demirci, Hakan ^a   Mashayekhi, Arman ^a   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^b   Shields, Carol L ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroid; Eye; Magnocellular nevus; Melanocytoma; Melanoma; Optic disk; Optic nerve; Pseudomelanoma; Retina; Tumor; Uvea; Uveal tract

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; BLEEDING; CHOROID; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENUCLEATION; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; GANGRENE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; NECROSIS; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; NEVUS CELL; NOMENCLATURE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RACE; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TUMOR GROWTH; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33144466658     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2005.12.011     Document Type: Review

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