Metastatic breast carcinoma presenting as a conjunctival lesion

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 767-769

  Skalicky, Simon E ^a   Hirst, Lawrence W ^b,c   Conway, R Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Chemotherapy conjunctiva; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

DOCETAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA METASTASIS; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INCISION; LUNG DISEASE; PLEURA DISEASE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR REGRESSION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 36048978344     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01587.x     Document Type: Article

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