TY - JOUR
T1 - Choroidal melanoma with oculodermal melanocytosis in Hispanic patients
AU - Infante De German-Ribon, Ricardo
AU - Singh, Arun D.
AU - Arevalo, J. Fernando
AU - Driebe, William
AU - Eskin, Thomas
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by an unrestricted departmental grant from the Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc, New York, New York (W.D.).
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1999/8
Y1 - 1999/8
N2 - PURPOSE: To describe three Hispanic patients with oculodermal melanocytosis and uveal melanoma. METHOD: Case series. RESULTS: Three Hispanic patients with oculodermal melanocytosis and uveal melanoma underwent enucleation. The diagnosis of choroidal melanoma was confirmed by histopathologic examination. CONCLUSION: In the Hispanic population, uveal melanoma can occur in the presence of oculodermal melanocytosis.
AB - PURPOSE: To describe three Hispanic patients with oculodermal melanocytosis and uveal melanoma. METHOD: Case series. RESULTS: Three Hispanic patients with oculodermal melanocytosis and uveal melanoma underwent enucleation. The diagnosis of choroidal melanoma was confirmed by histopathologic examination. CONCLUSION: In the Hispanic population, uveal melanoma can occur in the presence of oculodermal melanocytosis.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00087-2
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00087-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 10458194
AN - SCOPUS:0032797238
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 128
SP - 251
EP - 253
JO - American journal of ophthalmology
JF - American journal of ophthalmology
IS - 2
ER -