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Histological heterogeneity between primary and metastatic cancer in a pathologic confirmed case of isolated optic disc metastasis of prostate adenocarcinoma

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This case study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Asan Medical Center. Informed consent was obtained from the patients. This study also complied with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Asan Medical Center, 388-1 Pungnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Korea

    Hyun Seung Yang, Hye Rin Jeong, Young Hee Yoon & June-Gone Kim

  2. Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

    Chul Woo Kim

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Yang, H.S., Jeong, H.R., Kim, C.W. et al. Histological heterogeneity between primary and metastatic cancer in a pathologic confirmed case of isolated optic disc metastasis of prostate adenocarcinoma. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 251, 375–378 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-012-2208-0

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