The Medical Counselor, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint)
Knight, Stephen H. Excerpt from The Medical Counselor, Vol. 6The choroid coat of the eye is subject to sarcomatous, tubercular, and carcinomatous neoplasms, but the former are by far the most numerous. Sarcoma of the choroid is unilateral as a rule. It originates in the larger blood vessels, is composed of round or spindle cells, and is usually pigmented (melano-sar-coma), although in a small percentage of cases the pigment is absent leuco-sarcoma). The latter d...