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We have found ultrasound biomicroscopy to be a useful adjunct in the diagnosis and management of anterior segment tumors [1]. A combination of standardized ultrasound, clinical observation, and fluorescein angiography has proven very accurate in the diagnosis of posterior uveal melanomas [2], but many anterior segment lesions still present problems in differential diagnoses. Clinical observation remains the main method of differentiating and following these lesions, with little help from diagnostic testing. The small size of these lesions makes them difficult to image with conventional ultrasound, although water bath techniques can improve definition of larger lesions [3,4]. Anterior segment fluorescein angiography has been found to be of limited accuracy in differentiating iris tumors [5].
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Pavlin, C.J., Foster, F. (1995). Anterior Segment Tumors. In: Pavlin, C.J., Foster, F. (eds) Ultrasound Biomicroscopy of the Eye. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2470-9_6
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