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Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2018; 235(04): 453-455
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-122487
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Pseudometastatic Conjunctival Vegetative Foreign Bodies: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Pseudometastasierte konjunktivale Fremdkörper: ein Fallbericht und eine Übersicht über die Literatur
Victoria Mouvet
Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, FAA, Switzerland
,
Alexandre Moulin
Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, FAA, Switzerland
,
Leonidas Zografos
Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, FAA, Switzerland
,
Ann Schalenbourg
Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, FAA, Switzerland
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received 20 September 2017

accepted 22 October 2017

Publication Date:
12 March 2018 (online)

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Introduction

Various pigmented foreign bodies can mimic a conjunctival melanoma. Case reports have documented both anorganic and organic substances as well as iatrogenic examples.

To our knowledge, we present the first case of vegetal foreign bodies evoking possible metastases from a treated choroidal melanoma in the fellow eye.

 

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