Two differing presentations, treatments, and outcomes of malignant choroidal melanoma

Optometry

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 365-370

  Kearns, Carrie ^a   Boyer, Stephen ^a   Gay, Dax ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroidal melanoma; Choroidal nevus; Enucleation; Plaque brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHOROID TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENUCLEATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE ENUCLEATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 48549085275     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optm.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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