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Drusen were found in the iris between the layers of the pigment epithelium and the dilator muscle in an eye of a 52 year old patient that contained a large malignant choroidal melanoma. The significance of this unusual observation in comparison to the common drusen of Bruch's membrane of the choroid is discussed.
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In einem Auge einer 52jährigen Patientin, das wegen eines Melanoms der Aderhaut enukleiert werden mußte, fanden sich Drusen der Regenbogenhaut, die zwischen dem Pigmentepithel und dem Dilatator-Muskel lagen. Die Bedeutung dieser Drusen im Vergleich zu den Drusen der Aderhaut wird erörtert.
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Wolter, J.R., Cox, R.D. Drusen of the iris: in advanced malignant choroidal melanoma. Albrecht von Graefes Arch. Klin. Ophthalmol. 197, 25–30 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00506637
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