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Case Reports
. 2006 Sep-Oct;72(5):716.
doi: 10.1016/s1808-8694(15)31033-8.

Primary malignant orbit melanoma

Lucas Gomes Patrocínio  1 , Clauber Lourenço, Cristiane do Prado Silva, Daniela Borges Barra, José Antônio Patrocínio
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Case Reports

Primary malignant orbit melanoma

Lucas Gomes Patrocínio et al. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2006 Sep-Oct.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Photography showing an orbit primary melanoma in a CT Scan axial view (A) and during exenteration of the right orbit via broadened Weber-Fergusson incision towards the eyebrow region (B).
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