ThinPrep® vitreous-based diagnosis of choroidal malignant melanoma

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 135-137

  Chan, Annie ^a   Egbert, Peter R ^a   Moshfeghi, Darius M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroidal malignant melanoma; ThinPrep ; Transretinal biopsy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENUCLEATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; SCLEROTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; BIOPSY; CHOROID TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGED; BIOPSY; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 50049105868     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940802140796     Document Type: Article

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