Slow enlargement of choroidal nevi: a long-term follow-up study.

Abstract

With long-term follow up, 31% of choroidal nevi showed slight enlargement without clinical evidence of transformation into melanoma.

The frequency of enlargement was inversely related to patient age.

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Subjects

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Choroid Neoplasms
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Nevus, Pigmented
• Prognosis
• Retrospective Studies

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Authors

• Arman Mashayekhi
• Sophia Siu
• Carol L Shields
• Jerry A Shields

Publication date

2011-02-04

Journal

Journal topics

• Ophthalmology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Ophthalmology

Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA. amashayekhi [at] shieldsoncology.com

Release reference

Ophthalmology. 2011 Feb;118(2):382-8

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