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Treatment of juxtapapillary melanomas.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lommatzsch, Peter Karl Lommatzsch, R. E. |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Abstract | Thirty nine patients suffering from juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma were treated with Ru-106/Rh-106 beta-ray plaques. The tumoricidal dose was 100 Gy at the apex of the tumour within 7-14 days. Additional photocoagulation was performed in 12 eyes. The irradiated eyes of three patients had to be enucleated, seven patients died, five of them (12.8%) from metastases. Thirty two (82%) patients are alive and 29 (74%) have a seeing eye. From the whole series 20 (51%) developed flat scars and 11 (29%) patients retained a visual acuity of 0.5-1.0. Radiogenic late complications with damage to the optic nerve and macula were the main causes of visual deterioration. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://bjo.bmj.com/content/bjophthalmol/75/12/715.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 1768658v1 |
| Volume Number | 75 |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Journal | The British journal of ophthalmology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | APEX1 protein, human Cessation of life Cicatrix Cutaneous Melanoma Eye Neoplasms Infrared Photocoagulation Therapy Malignant melanoma of choroid Neoplasm Metastasis Optic Nerve Glioma, Childhood Patients Senile Plaques Therapeutic radiology procedure |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
