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Choroidal epithelioid melanoma in an adolescent: case report

Uveal malignant melanoma is uncommon before thirty years of age. This is a case report of a 12-year-old girl with choroidal epithelioid melanoma whose presumptive diagnostic was made by clinical examination, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound and was confirmed by anatomopathological examination.

Melanoma; Choroid neoplasms; Uveal neoplasms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Case report


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