 Choroid Neoplasms
"Choroid Neoplasms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Tumors of the choroid; most common intraocular tumors are malignant melanomas of the choroid. These usually occur after puberty and increase in incidence with advancing age. Most malignant melanomas of the uveal tract develop from benign melanomas (nevi).
| Descriptor ID |
D002830
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.364.978.223 C11.319.494.198 C11.941.160.238 C11.941.855.198
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| Concept/Terms |
Choroid Neoplasms- Choroid Neoplasms
- Choroid Neoplasm
- Neoplasm, Choroid
- Neoplasms, Choroid
- Choroidal Neoplasms
- Choroidal Neoplasm
- Neoplasm, Choroidal
- Neoplasms, Choroidal
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Choroid Neoplasms" by people in Profiles.
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Gilani A, Treece A. Choroidal Ganglioneuronal Hamartoma in Neurofibromatosis Type-1. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2018 Nov 19; 55(6):412.
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Zhelnin KE, Gebhard GM, Mirsky DM, Oliver SC, Lovell MA, Galambos C, Crombleholme TM, McCourt EA. Pediatric Intraocular Immature Teratoma Associated With Sacrococcygeal Teratoma. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2017 Jun; 20(3):240-244.
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Fine SL, Hawkins BS. The investigators' perspective on the collaborative ocular melanoma study. Arch Ophthalmol. 2007 Jul; 125(7):968-71.
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Shields CL, Shields JA, Cater J, Lois N, Edelstein C, G?nd?z K, Mercado G. Transpupillary thermotherapy for choroidal melanoma: tumor control and visual results in 100 consecutive cases. Ophthalmology. 1998 Apr; 105(4):581-90.
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Schachat AP, Markowitz JA, Hawkins BS, Fine SL. Nonocular cancers in patients with choroidal melanoma. Ophthalmology. 1990 Jul; 97(7):837-8.
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Straatsma BR, Fine SL, Earle JD, Hawkins BS, Diener-West M, McLaughlin JA. Enucleation versus plaque irradiation for choroidal melanoma. Ophthalmology. 1988 Jul; 95(7):1000-4.
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Wiesner PD, Nofsinger K, Jackson WE. Choroidal osteoma: two case reports in elderly patients. Ann Ophthalmol. 1987 Jan; 19(1):19-23.
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Smiddy WE, Fine SL, Green WR, Glaser BM. Clinicopathologic correlation of krypton red, argon blue-green, and argon green laser photocoagulation in the human fundus. Retina. 1984 Winter-Spring; 4(1):15-21.
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