[Reflections on the connection between trauma and malignant intraocular melanoma (author's transl)].
With reference to case histories, and after a study of the relevant literature, the authors discuss the possibility or probability of a connection between perforating eye injuries and later development of a melanoma of the choroid, which is often unsuspected clinically. The problem from the ophthalmologist's point of view is compared with the cicatricial carcinoma of the lung, which is accepted as a late sequela by insurance companies.
D002829:Choroid / Q000473:pathology; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007346:Insurance, Accident / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged
Versicherungsrechtliche Uberlegungen zum Problem des klinisch unerwarteten Melanoms.