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. 1992 Feb;76(2):123–125. doi: 10.1136/bjo.76.2.123

Resection of intraocular squamous cell carcinoma.

D H Char 1, J B Crawford 1, E L Howes Jr 1, A J Weinstein 1
PMCID: PMC504179  PMID: 1739709

Abstract

A patient with recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva was referred with 20/20 vision in an eye with obvious intraocular extension. A modified iridocyclochoroidectomy was performed and the tumour was removed. Three and a half years later the patient's vision is 20/30 and there is no recurrence. This is the first case in which an eye has been successfully salvaged with documented intraocular squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva.

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