Desmoplastic malignant melanoma masquerading as chalazion.
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Desmoplastic malignant melanoma masquerading as chalazion.
Desmoplastic malignant melanoma is a rare and highly malignant tumour, which usually occurs in the head and neck. This is demonstrated by a case history of a patient with this lesion on the lower lid, which has not been previously described in the British ophthalmological literature. The lesion often presents considerable problems of histological diagnosis.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.70.12.907