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Bilateral ocular metastasis from an occult primary melanoma
  1. D Verhulst1,
  2. P Demaerel1,
  3. B Damato2,
  4. A Leys3
  1. 1Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
  2. 2Ocular Oncology Service, St Paul’s Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
  3. 3Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
  1. Correspondence to: Philippe Demaerel MD, PhD, Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; philippe.demaerel{at}uz.kuleuven.ac.be

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2006.092445

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