UVEAL METASTASIS FROM CARCINOID-TUMOR - CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS IN 9 CASES

Authors
HARBOUR JW DEPOTTER P SHIELDS CL SHIELDS JA
Citation
Jw. Harbour et al., UVEAL METASTASIS FROM CARCINOID-TUMOR - CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS IN 9 CASES, Ophthalmology, 101(6), 1994, pp. 1084-1090
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Ophthalmology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01616420
Volume
101
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1084 - 1090
Database
ISI
SICI code
0161-6420(1994)101:6<1084:UMFC-C>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Background: Carcinoid tumor is a low-grade malignancy that usually ari ses in the gastrointestinal tract or bronchus and rarely metastasizes to the eye. Metastasis of carcinoid tumor to the uvea can be confused clinically with other primary and metastatic uveal tumors.