Increased incidence of choroidal malignant melanoma occurring in a single population of chemical workers.

PubMed ID: 7369294

Author(s): Albert DM, Puliafito CA, Fulton AB, Robinson NL, Zakov ZN, Dryja TP, Smith AB, Egan E, Leffingwell SS. Increased incidence of choroidal malignant melanoma occurring in a single population of chemical workers. Am J Ophthalmol. 1980 Mar;89(3):323-37. PMID 7369294

Journal: American Journal Of Ophthalmology, Volume 89, Issue 3, Mar 1980

In five patients with choroidal melanoma occurring among present or former workers of the duPont Belle, West Virginia, plant the involved eye was enucleated and histopathologic confirmation of the diagnosis was made. This represents a statistically significantly greater than expected occurrence of choroidal melanomas in the white male study population.