Corneal myxoma arising in a patient with repeated phototherapeutic keratectomies

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1111-1114

  Robinson, Jennifer W ^a,b   Brownstein, Seymour ^a,b   Mintsioulis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Immunohistochemistry; Keratoplasty; Myxoma; Phototherapeutic keratectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA MYXOMA; CORNEA TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE INJURY; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MYXOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; REOPERATION;

EID: 33845351689     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000225710.54888.a1     Document Type: Article

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