Choroidal metastasis from a cutaneous malignant melanoma regressed after cisplatin therapy

Retina

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 622-624

  Nicolò, Massimo ^a,b   Calabria, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Internal limiting membrane; Macular hole surgery; Triamcinolone acetonide

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; INTERLEUKIN 2;

AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; CISPLATIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; REMISSION INDUCTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 4043100566     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200408000-00022     Document Type: Article

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