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Year : 2014  |  Volume : 62  |  Issue : 6  |  Page : 731-733

Recurrence and massive extraocular extension of choroidal malignant melanoma after vitrectomy and endoresection


1 Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Research Center, Rassoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Ophthalmologist, Eye Research Center, Rassoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Khalil Ghasemi Falavarjani
Eye Research Center, Rassoul Akram hospital, Sattarkhan-Niayesh Street, Tehran - 14455-364
Iran
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.136247

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Vitrectomy and endoresection is an alternative to enucleation for the treatment of large malignant choroidal melanoma. We report a rare case of extensive recurrence of choroidal malignant melanoma with extraocular extension 11 years after surgical endoresection without adjuvant treatment.


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