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choroid

Layer found at the rear of the eye beyond the retina. By absorbing light that has already passed through the retina, it stops back-reflection and so prevents blurred vision.


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The pre-operative differential diagnosis included glomus tumor (vagale or jugulare), meningioma, ELST, choroid plexus papilloma, and aneurysmal bone cyst.
An indocyanine green angiograph showed diffuse hyperfluorescence of the choroid.
Because of their accumulation in the choroid plexus (the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier), cadmium and lead have also been connected with neurotoxicity and neurological disorders, which are often associated with elevated oxidative stress and/or inefficient repair responses (Zheng 2001).
 
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