Abstract
Masquerade syndromes comprise a number of diseases imitating as to their clinical picture inflammation of the eye. These diseases comprise also malignant tumours. The authors present three patients where intraocular tumours (lymphoma, leukaemia, melanoma of the choroid) reminded of chronic uveitis.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Chronic Disease
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Eye / pathology
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Eye Neoplasms / diagnosis*
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Female
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Humans
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Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / pathology
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Leukemic Infiltration
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Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / diagnosis
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Male
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Melanoma / diagnosis
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Middle Aged
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Uveitis / diagnosis*