Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

Choroid Neoplasms  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Choroidal Neoplasm
  • Choroidal Neoplasms
  • Neoplasm, Choroidal
  • Neoplasms, Choroidal

Note

  • of the eye: do not confuse with neoplasms of CHOROID PLEXUS ( = CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS); coordinate with histological type of neoplasm

Scope note

  • Tumors of the choroid; most common intraocular tumors are malignant melanomas of the choroid. These usually occur after puberty and increase in incidence with advancing age. Most malignant melanomas of the uveal tract develop from benign melanomas (nevi).

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • korioideakasvaimet
  • korioidean kasvaimet
  • korioidean tuumorit
  • korioideatuumorit
  • silmän suonikalvokasvaimet
  • silmän suonikalvon syöpä
  • silmän suonikalvon tuumorit
  • silmän suonikalvosyöpä
  • silmän suonikalvotuumorit
  • Swedish

  • Koroidcancer
  • Koroidtumörer
  • Åderhinnecancer

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002830

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 6/22/00