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Year:
2009
| Volume: 17
| Issue: 3-4
| Pages: 83-85
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Case Report |
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OCULAR MALIGNANT MELANOMA IN PREGNANCY: IS A HAPPY ENDING POSSIBLE?
Zorka Grgic, Ana Oros, Dejan Rašic, Lazar Popovic, Milica Popovic |
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DOI:
10.2298/AOO0904083G |
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Abstract: |
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Uveal, especially choroidal melanoma is the most common ocular melanoma. There is no clear evidence that pregnancy impacts its development.Enucleation is generally indicated for advanced tumors. Five–year mortality rate is 53% in patients with large melanomas (>8 mm). |
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Key words:
Eye Neoplasms; Melanoma; Pregnancy |
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