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Imaging of Retinal and Choroidal Metastases

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The eye like any other organ in the body can harbor tumors of different types. Given the diverse anatomy of the eye, each distinct structure within the eye can be the site for primary tumors; that is, those tumors arising from the native tissue or metastatic tumors: those that arise from a distant site in the body. With reference to the eye and adnexa, metastatic tumors have been documented in the orbit, the extraocular muscles, conjunctiva, subconjunctival tissue, iris, and the retina with the most common site being the choroid [1]. This chapter presents in detail the clinical presentation, diagnosis, imaging findings, and treatment of retinal and choroidal metastases.

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  1. Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and Ocular Oncology Services, Advanced Eye Hospital and Institute, Navi Mumbai, India

    Akshay Gopinathan Nair

  2. Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA

    David Fell & Sherief Raouf

  3. The Operation Eyesight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India

    Swathi Kaliki

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Nair, A.G., Fell, D., Raouf, S., Kaliki, S. (2018). Imaging of Retinal and Choroidal Metastases. In: Chhablani, J., Majumder, P., Arevalo, J. (eds) Retinal and Choroidal Imaging in Systemic Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5461-7_10

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