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Case Reports
. 2011 Oct;25(10):1385-6.
doi: 10.1038/eye.2011.180. Epub 2011 Jul 29.

Long-term survival in a case of bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation

G De Salvo, P Prakash, C A Rennie, A J Lotery
Case Reports

Long-term survival in a case of bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation

G De Salvo et al. Eye (Lond). 2011 Oct.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Right fundus colour photograph at the time of the diagnosis showing myelinated fibers at the optic disc, two flat uveal pigmented lesions and one not pigmented in the superior nasal quadrant. (b) same quadrant, 4 years from the diagnosis with the same uveal lesions reduced in size. (c) left fundus colour photograph of the supero-temporal quadrant showing four flat pigmented uveal lesions, which decreased in size (d) 4 years after the diagnosis of bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation.
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