Optic nerve metastasis from a mediastinal carcinoid tumour.
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A 25-year-old man with a rapidly progressive metastatic carcinoid tumour arising in the mediastinum developed a metastasis to the optic nerve. This is the first instance in the literature of an ocular metastasis from this variant of carcinoid tumour. The ocular pathology, ultrastructure, and recent information on the derivation of this tumour, believed to originate in the thymus, are presented.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 60 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1976