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A 68-year-old white male had a pigmented choroidal tumor associated with progressive loss of vision. Clinical studies with fluorescein angiography and magnetic resonance imaging suggested a diagnosis of choroidal melanoma. Specimens obtained by internal eye wall resection revealed a choroidal nevus.
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Liu, KR., Peyman, G.A., Mafee, M.F. et al. False positive magnetic resonance imaging of a choroidal nevus simulating choroidal melanoma. Int Ophthalmol 13, 265–268 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02280086
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