Transpupillary thermotherapy as an adjunct to ruthenium plaque radiotherapy for choroidal melanoma
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Combined plaque radiotherapy and transpupillary thermotherapy in choroidal melanoma: 5 years' experience.
AIM To evaluate the results of combined plaque radiotherapy and transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) in 50 consecutive patients 5 years after treatment. METHODS 50 adult patients with choroidal melanoma were treated with ruthenium-106 ((106)Ru) plaque radiotherapy combined with TTT. A flat scar was the preferred end point of treatment. The mean tumour thickness was 3.9 mm (range 1.5-8.0 mm), th...
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CASE REPORT A 59 year-old male with choroidal melanoma in the left eye who underwent plaque brachytherapy (iodine 125). One week after surgery, massive exudation with retinal detachment and lipid exudation was observed. Evolution was assessed with funduscopy and ultrasound every month. Nine months after surgery transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) was performed over the fluid-free irradiated resi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1395-3907
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2001.079001019.x