Intraocular Lymphangiogenesis in Malignant Melanomas of the Ciliary Body with Extraocular Extension
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science2009Vol. 50(5), pp. 1988–1988
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Ludwig M. Heindl, Tanja Hofmann, Harald Knorr, C. Rummelt, Falk Schro ̈dl, Ursula Schlo ̈tzer-Schrehardt, Leonard M. Holbach, Gottfried O.H. Naumann, Friedrich E. Kruse, Claus Cursiefen
Abstract
Malignant melanomas of the ciliary body with extraocular extension show intraocular lymphatic vessels. This first evidence of lymphangiogenesis into the normally alymphatic eye may explain the increased risk of lymphatic metastasis in ciliary body melanoma with extraocular extension.
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