Neuroendocrine tumours metastatic to the uvea: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration biopsy

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 524-528

  Trichopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Augsburger, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytomorphology and immunohistochemistry; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Metastatic; Neuroendocrine tumours; Uvea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CORNEA REFLEX; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; EYE BIOPSY; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEA DISEASE; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645758504     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0113-5     Document Type: Article

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