Two discrete uveal melanomas in a child with ocular melanocytosis

Retina

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 684-687

  Shields, Carol L ^a,d   Eagle, Ralph C ^b   Ip, Michael S ^c   Marr, Brian P ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye; Melanocytosis; Melanoma; Multifocal; Pediatric; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CILIARY BODY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENUCLEATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; EYE FUNDUS; EYE TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILLUMINATION; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA CELL; MITOSIS; NEVUS; OCULAR MELANOCYTOSIS; ONCOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCLERA; SPINDLE CELL; SUBRETINAL FLUID; UVEA; UVEA MELANOMA; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOLOGY; UVEA TUMOR;

CHILD; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33747337800     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200607000-00016     Document Type: Article

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