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Title | Choroidal nevus with subretinal pigment epithelial neovascular membrane and a positive P-32 test |
Creator/Author | Snip, R.C. ; Green, W.R. ; Jaegers, K.R. |
Publication Date | 1978 Oct 01 |
OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 6779120 |
Other Number(s) | CODEN: OPSGA |
Resource Type | Journal Article |
Resource Relation | Ophthalmic Surg. ; Vol/Issue: 5 |
Research Org | Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD |
Subject | 550602 -- Medicine-- External Radiation in Diagnostics-- (1980-); EYES-- BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY;NEOPLASMS-- DIAGNOSIS; PATIENTS;PIGMENTS |
Related Subject | BODY;BODY AREAS;DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;DISEASES;FACE;HEAD;MEDICINE;NUCLEAR MEDICINE;ORGANS;RADIOLOGY;SENSE ORGANS |
Description/Abstract | A 62-year-old white female was found to have a small, flat pigmented choroidal tumor.^After fluorescein angiography and a positive P-32 test, the eye was enucleated for presumed malignant melanoma.^Histologically, the tumor proved to be a choroidal nevus with a break in Bruch`s membrane and a subretinal-pigment-epithelial neovascular membrane. |
Country of Publication | United States |
Language | English |
Format | Pages: 35-42 |
System Entry Date | 2001 May 13 |
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