A case of cutaneous melanoma metastatic to the vitreous cavity: Possible pathomechanism and review of the literature

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 733-740

  Jaissle, Gesine B ^a   Szurman, Peter ^a   Rohrbach, Jens Martin ^a   Gelisken, Faik ^a   Bartz Schmidt, Karl Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutaneous melanoma; Ocular metastases; Pathomechanism; Vitrectomy; Vitreous metastases

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; SILICONE OIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA INJURY; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS DISEASE; VITREOUS FLOATERS;

AGED; EYE NEOPLASMS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 34250776165     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0469-1     Document Type: Article

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