Desmoplastic malignant melanoma masquerading as chalazion.

نویسندگان

  • J P Roper
  • T Jones
  • J D Common
چکیده

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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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of ophthalmology

دوره 70 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1986