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AN ANALYSIS OF FORTY-TWO CASES

S. HANFORD McKEE, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1941;25(2):238-242.

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Since 1924, 42 cases of sarcoma of the uveal tract have come under observation. While in many of the cases the length of time elapsed is too short to allow any deduction, the follow-up begun some years ago has been kept up, and in time this will lead to some useful clinical information.

The disease is relatively rare. Stallard stated that from 1925 to 1931 at Moorfields, sarcoma of the choroid was found in 1 of every 4,000 cases. It is one of the most malignant of ocular diseases. Fortunately, it rarely occurs in both eyes. The prognosis as regards life in a large percentage of cases is absolutely unfavorable. Local recurrences in the orbit and general metastasis frequently develop after removal of the eye. Of a series of cases reported by von Hippel in 1933, evidence of metastasis was present in 38 per cent. In the majority it occurred . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MONTREAL, CANADA

Footnotes
Read at the Section on Ophthalmology of the Canadian Medical Association, Toronto, Canada, June 1940.

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