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New observations concerning choroidal osteomas

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The clinical and laboratory findings in fifteen patients with nineteen eyes containing choroidal osteomas are summarized. The first case of the disease in a male patient is reported as well as the development of a second tumor in the previously uninvolved eye of an adult patient and the marked enlargement of the tumor in another. The possible etiology of the choroidal osteomas is discussed.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Inst. University of Miami School of Medicine, P.O. Box 520009, 33152, Miami, Florida, USA

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Donald, J., Gass, M. New observations concerning choroidal osteomas. Int Ophthalmol 1, 71–84 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154194

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