Ocular malignant tumors: Review of the Tumor Registry at a tertiary eye hospital in central Saudi Arabia

Rajiv B. Khandekar; Abdulelah A. Al-Towerki; Hind Al-Katan; Saleh S. Al-Mesfer; Emad B. Abboud; Hailah M. Al-Hussain; Osama H. Sheikh; Imtiaz A. Chaudhry; Wafa A. Ahmed; Babar M. Zaman; Nasira Asghar; Deepak P. Edward

Ocular malignant tumors: Review of the Tumor Registry at a tertiary eye hospital in central Saudi Arabia

Rajiv B. Khandekar, Abdulelah A. Al-Towerki, Hind Al-Katan, Saleh S. Al-Mesfer, Emad B. Abboud, Hailah M. Al-Hussain, Osama H. Sheikh, Imtiaz A. Chaudhry, Wafa A. Ahmed, Babar M. Zaman, Nasira Asghar, Deepak P. Edward

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Objectives: To present the epidemiologic profile and magnitude of ocular malignant tumors (MT) representative of the Saudi population from the Tumor Registry (TR) at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH). Methods: This study evaluated the demographic information, clinical features including tumor laterality, ocular tissue of origin, and diagnosis of patients from the TR registry between 1983 and 2012 at KKESH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The incidence of MT among Saudi adults (≥15 years old), and children (

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	377-384
Number of pages	8
Journal	Saudi Medical Journal
Volume	35
Issue number	4
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Ocular malignant tumors: Review of the Tumor Registry at a tertiary eye hospital in central Saudi Arabia

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