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Using risk factors for detection and prognostication of uveal melanoma.
Indian journal of ophthalmology - 1 Feb 2015
Rishi Pukhraj, Koundanya Vikram V, Shields Carol L
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The early detection of malignancy, particularly uveal melanoma, is crucial in protecting visual acuity, salvaging the eye, and preventing metastasis. Risk factors for early detection of uveal melanoma have been clearly delineated in the literature and allow identification of melanoma when it is tiny and simulates a nevus. These factors include thickness >2 mm, presence of subretinal fluid (SRF), symptoms, the...
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