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Bilateral Diffuse Uveal Melanocytic Proliferation

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Bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation (BDUMP) is a rare paraneoplastic disease that occurs in patients with systemic malignancy, such as cancers of ovary, uterus, lung, pancreas, and breast. The abnormal melanocytes are usually spindle in shape with rare scattered epithelioid cells and can involve the whole uvea.

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  1. Ocular Oncology Service, Departments of Ophthalmology and Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, 10 Koret Way, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA

    Bertil Damato MD, PhD

  2. Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, 6th Floor Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool, L69 3GA, UK

    Sarah E. Coupland MBBS, PhD

  3. Department of Ophthalmic Oncology, Cole Eye Institute, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Arun D. Singh MD

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  1. Ocular Oncology Service, Departments of Ophthalmology and Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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    Arun D. Singh

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Damato, B., Coupland, S.E., Singh, A.D. (2014). Bilateral Diffuse Uveal Melanocytic Proliferation. In: Damato, B., Singh, A. (eds) Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54255-8_30

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