Neopterin in Patients with Choroidal Melanoma

Neopterin in patients with choroidal melanoma.

Neopterin excretion in urine and the serum concentrations of neopterin were compared in 101 patients with a malignant melanoma of the choroid and in a matched group of healthy volunteers. The majority of cases (n = 99) presented an untreated (n = 20) or treated and either partially (n = 33) or completely regressed (n = 47) melanoma of stage I-III without signs of extraocular manifestation at th...

[Quality of life in patients with choroidal melanoma].

PURPOSE To determine whether iodine 125 brachytherapy or enucleation is better for quality of life in patients treated for choroidal melanoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty-five patients with choroidal melanoma were treated with a modified version of VF-14 iodine 125 brachytherapy, enucleation or both. Results of this treatment were then statistically analyzed. RESULTS Statistically significan...

Choroidal Melanoma

Fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic choroidal melanoma

Choroidal Melanoma