Necrotic choroidal melanoma with scleritis and choroidal effusion

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 354-356

  Palamar, Melis ^a   Thangappan, Archana ^a   Shields, Carol L ^a,c   Ehya, Hormoz ^b   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroid; Effusion; Eye; Melanoma; Necrosis; Scleritis; Tumor

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROIDAL EFFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCLERITIS; UVEA MELANOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID TUMOR; EXUDATE; MELANOMA; NECROSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID DISEASES; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MELANOMA; NECROSIS; SCLERITIS;

EID: 67149090615     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181875463     Document Type: Article

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