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Letter to the Editor
Orbital haemangiopericytoma simulating an intraocular mass
  1. WALTENIO V DINIZ,
  2. CAROL L SHIELDS,
  3. JERRY A SHIELDS,
  4. KAAN GUNDUZ
  1. Ocular Oncology Service of the Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
  2. Saint Morries Hospital, Langhorne, PA, USA
  1. ALAN BRACKUP
  1. Ocular Oncology Service of the Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
  2. Saint Morries Hospital, Langhorne, PA, USA
  1. Jerry A Shields, MD, Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, 900 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.83.6.e753

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