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Arch Ophthalmol. 2006;124:587-589.

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Transocular fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) with analysis of the aspirate is a diagnostic technique that can be helpful in selected cases of suspected intraocular tumors.¹ In most cases, the improvement in clinical diagnostic imaging permits an accurate diagnosis,² but in selected cases, histological confirmation is necessary to rule out other malignancies. The FNAB was introduced into ophthalmology by Schyberg in 1975 for the diagnosis of orbital neoplasm.³ In 1979, Jakobiec et al⁴ proposed the use of FNAB in the evaluation of intraocular tumors. Since then, this technique has been used in a large number of patients without any evidence of local or systemic spread. In this article, we report the first described case of a local epibulbar seeding at the scleral pars plana puncture site after a transvitreal FNAB.

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A 61-year-old man complained of foreign body sensation and progressive visual loss in his left eye for the last 4 months. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Josep M. Caminal, MD, PhD; Silvia Sanz, MD; Marta Carreras, MD, PhD; Isabel Català, MD, PhD; Jorge Arruga, MD, PhD; Guillermo Roca, MD