Conjunctival metastasis as initial sign of disseminated cutaneous melanoma

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1933-1934

  Shields, Jerry A ^a,c   Shields, Carol L ^a   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^b   Raber, Irving M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA;

CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4744345335     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.04.020     Document Type: Article

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