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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Rummelt, Volker
• Mehaffey, Mary G.
• Campbell, R.Jean
• Pe’er, Jacob
• Bentler, Suzanne E.
• Woolson, Robert F.
• Naumann, Gottfried O.H.
• Folberg, Robert

Titel

Microcirculation architecture of metastases from primary ciliary body and choroidal melanomas

Ist Teil von

• American journal of ophthalmology, 1998-08, Vol.126 (2), p.303-305

Ort / Verlag

New York, NY: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

1998

Quelle

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• PURPOSE: To describe the microcirculation architecture of metastatic choroidal and ciliary body melanoma. METHOD: Histologic sections of 35 metastases from 19 primary melanomas were stained to demonstrate microcirculation. RESULT: The appearance of microcirculatory networks in metastases is independent of the target organ but associated with the size of the metastatic deposit (estimated coefficient = 0.5959; SE = 0.3024; P = .0488). CONCLUSION: The microcirculatory patterns of primary uveal melanomas that are associated with metastatic behavior appear in foci of metastasis, regardless of the site of dissemination.