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Uveal Osseous Tumors

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Choroidal osteoma is formed of cancellous bone and should be differentiated from calcium deposition (i.e., calcification). Dystrophic calcification occurs in dead or degenerated tissues in the presence of normal calcium metabolism. Metastatic calcification, in contrast, occurs in healthy tissues, secondary to hypercalcemia. This chapter describes choroidal osteoma and sclerochoroidal calcification, emphasizing the differentiating features.

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  1. Ocular Oncology and Medical Retina Service, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Noel Horgan MD, FRCSI, MRCOphth

  2. Department of Ophthalmic Oncology, Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Euclid Avenue 9500, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Arun D. Singh MD

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  1. Ocular Oncology Service, Departments of Ophthalmology and Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Bertil Damato

  2. Dept. of Ophthalmic Oncology, Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Arun D. Singh

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Horgan, N., Singh, A.D. (2014). Uveal Osseous Tumors. In: Damato, B., Singh, A. (eds) Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54255-8_29

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