Clinicopathological report: Bilateral choroidal metastases from papillary thyroid cancer

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-14

  Tran, Khoi ^a   Bigby, Kieron J ^b   Hughes, Brett G ^c   Lee, Lawrence ^c   Allison, Roger ^c  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Raymond Terrace   (Australia)

^c Women's Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bilateral choroidal metastasis; Bilateral uveal metastasis; Papillary thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CHOROID TUMOR; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; THYROID CANCER; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETINAL DETACHMENT; THYROID NEOPLASMS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79951771808     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2010.01332.x     Document Type: Article

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