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Drusen of the iris: in advanced malignant choroidal melanoma

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Drusen were found in the iris between the layers of the pigment epithelium and the dilator muscle in an eye of a 52 year old patient that contained a large malignant choroidal melanoma. The significance of this unusual observation in comparison to the common drusen of Bruch's membrane of the choroid is discussed.

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In einem Auge einer 52jährigen Patientin, das wegen eines Melanoms der Aderhaut enukleiert werden mußte, fanden sich Drusen der Regenbogenhaut, die zwischen dem Pigmentepithel und dem Dilatator-Muskel lagen. Die Bedeutung dieser Drusen im Vergleich zu den Drusen der Aderhaut wird erörtert.

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  1. The Departments of Ophthalmology and Pathology of the University of Michigan Medical Center, 48104, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    J. Reimer Wolter & Ronald D. Cox

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Supported by the Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, N.Y.

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Wolter, J.R., Cox, R.D. Drusen of the iris: in advanced malignant choroidal melanoma. Albrecht von Graefes Arch. Klin. Ophthalmol. 197, 25–30 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00506637

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