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Metastatic choroidal melanoma: A therapeutic challenge and role of novel herbal medicines

  • Nizara Baishya EMAIL logo , Manigreeva Krishnatreya , Anupam Sarma , Amal C. Kataki and Saurav Saikia

Abstract

Choridal melanoma (CM) is a common ocular malignancy. We present here a case of a 62-year-old female with a CM with incidental diagnosis of pulmonary metastasis. The diagnosis of CM with incidental metastasis to lungs is rare and presents a therapeutic challenge to the physician in an otherwise healthy individual. The role of herbal medicine should be investigated further for the treatment of metastasis in CM.

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Published Online: 2015-4-24
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