TY - JOUR
T1 - Symbol of Boston's Museum of Science Has Eye Tumor
AU - Fournier, George A.
AU - Albert, Daniel M.
AU - Lamping, Kathleen A.
AU - Bachrach, Alan
PY - 1983/3/31
Y1 - 1983/3/31
N2 - To the Editor: Some months ago, a prominent New England celebrity was observed to have a small, dark mass in the iris of his right eye. When it doubled in size one of us (A.B.) excised it and performed a sector iridectomy. Because of the development of iris bombé with secondary glaucoma and associated discomfort, an evisceration was carried out. Histopathological examination of the iris mass showed cohesive, malignant-appearing cells with prominent nucleoli. The cytoplasm of these cells was filled with melanin granules. Anaplastic cells appeared to represent a melanoma arising from the iris (Fig. 1). The patient is.
AB - To the Editor: Some months ago, a prominent New England celebrity was observed to have a small, dark mass in the iris of his right eye. When it doubled in size one of us (A.B.) excised it and performed a sector iridectomy. Because of the development of iris bombé with secondary glaucoma and associated discomfort, an evisceration was carried out. Histopathological examination of the iris mass showed cohesive, malignant-appearing cells with prominent nucleoli. The cytoplasm of these cells was filled with melanin granules. Anaplastic cells appeared to represent a melanoma arising from the iris (Fig. 1). The patient is.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198303313081325
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198303313081325
M3 - Letter
C2 - 6828134
AN - SCOPUS:0021116370
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 308
SP - 782
EP - 783
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 13
ER -