Unusual presentation of dirofilariasis as a lacrimal mass [13]

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 959-960

  Yuen, Kenneth S C ^a   Tse, M W I ^a   Choi, P C L ^a   Chan, W M ^a   Lam, D S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIROFILARIA; EYELID; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LACRIMAL GLAND TUMOR; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PTOSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 4944238856     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701372     Document Type: Letter

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