{"title":"Primary choroidal malignant melanoma occurring in a New Zealand Maori.","authors":"M J Elder, A Dempster, D Sabiston, R Clemett","doi":"10.1046/j.1440-1606.1998.00079.x","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose/method: </strong>A case of a 28-year-old Maori with an aggressive primary choroidal malignant melanoma is presented.</p><p><strong>Results/conclusion: </strong>Melanoma and particularly intra-ocular melanoma is very rare in pigmented races. This is the first reported case in the Maori.</p>","PeriodicalId":8596,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology","volume":"26 1","pages":"41-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1998-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1606.1998.00079.x","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Purpose/method: A case of a 28-year-old Maori with an aggressive primary choroidal malignant melanoma is presented.
Results/conclusion: Melanoma and particularly intra-ocular melanoma is very rare in pigmented races. This is the first reported case in the Maori.