Rare Delayed Metastasis of Uveal Melanoma Presenting as Fulminant Liver Failure
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology and Treatment - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 4
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Uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular malignant tumor in adult. Here, we present a patient who died due to hepatic encephalopathy, which was attributed to liver metastasis, which occurred nine years after the revelation of the uveal melanoma.
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- EP ID EP343740
- DOI 10.23937/2469-584X/1510037
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