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Br J Ophthalmol 82:159-161 doi:10.1136/bjo.82.2.159
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    • Clinical science

Choroidal metastases and choroidal melanomas: comparison of ultrasonographic findings

Table 2

Echographic findings of choroidal melanomas (n = 66)

No HB ratio Reflect† Shape‡ No HB ratio Reflect† Shape‡
1 0.32  0 dome 34 0.86 20 mush
2 0.58 30 dome 35 0.73 20 dome
3 0.42 40 dome 36 0.83 50 dome
4 0.52 20 dome 37 0.61 20 dome
5 0.46 50 dome 38 0.85 20 dome
6 0.48 30 dome 39 0.95 20 mush
7 0.41 10 poly 40 0.66 10 dome
8 0.34 10 dome 41 0.23  0 dome
9 0.61 20 much 42 0.44 40 dome
10 0.51 20 dome 43 0.57 40 dome
11 0.61 40 dome 44 0.60 30 dome
12 0.65 50 mush 45 0.40  0 dome
13 0.53 20 dome 46 0.65 30 dome
14 0.50 10 dome 47 0.75 10 dome
15 0.63 10 mush 48 0.89 40 mush
16 0.51 30 dome 49 0.75 10 mush
17 0.41  0 dome 50 0.36 30 dome
18 0.46  0 dome 51 0.46  0 mush
19 0.74 40 dome 52 0.78 30 mush
20 0.69 30 dome 53 0.82  0 dome
21 0.62 10 poly 54 0.69 30 mush
22 0.53 40 dome 55 0.64 10 dome
23 0.63 40 dome 56 0.61 40 dome
24 0.69 50 mush 57 0.60  0 poly
25 0.46  0 dome 58 0.64 30 dome
26 0.69 20 dome 59 0.55  0 poly
27 0.84 40 dome 60 0.54 10 poly
28 0.58 10 dome 61 0.71 10 mush
29 0.51 20 dome 62 0.72 20 dome
30 0.53 20 mush 63 0.83 50 dome
31 0.76 20 mush 64 0.45 20 dome
32 0.49 20 dome 65 0.68 30 dome
33 0.36  0 poly 66 0.83 30 dome

  • ↵Height to base ratio; †A-scan reflectivity in %; ‡B-scan shape: dome = dome shaped, mush = mushroom shaped, poly = polygonal shaped.

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