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Massive choroidal effusion and painful secondary glaucoma from underlying uveal melanoma

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  1. Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Juan C. Iturralde, Carlos Bianciotto, Sara E. Lally & Carol L. Shields

  2. Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA

    Michael Krasnow

  3. Ocular Oncology Service, Suite 1440, Wills Eye Institute, 840 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA

    Carol L. Shields

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Support provided by the Eye Tumor Research Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, USA (CLS, JAS). The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study, in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data, or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. Carol L. Shields, M.D. has had full access to all the data in the study, and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

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Iturralde, J.C., Bianciotto, C., Lally, S.E. et al. Massive choroidal effusion and painful secondary glaucoma from underlying uveal melanoma. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 250, 627–630 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-011-1881-8

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