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Adenocarcinoma
Research from University of Erlangen yields new findings on adenocarcinoma
May 6th, 2008
"This case report describes a 37-year-old man with a blind eye with opaque media. Histopathology revealed an aggressive adenocarcinoma of the retinal pigment epithelium with marked invasion of the choroid, retina, sclera and - not previously reported - the orbital and cranial optic nerve and subarachnoid space," researchers in Erlangen, Germany report. "The tumour seeded into the lumbar spinal-cord space. Metastatic foci - not in continuity with the primary process developed in the parietal lobe and cerebellopontine angle," wrote L.M. Heindl and colleagues, University of Erlangen. The researchers concluded: "Adenocarcinoma of the retinal pigment...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-05-06)
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