Technique for Robotic Stereotactic Irradiation of Choroidal Melanoma.

Ocular arterial blood flow of choroidal melanoma eyes before and after stereotactic radiotherapy using Leksell gamma knife: 2 year follow up.

AIMS To evaluate the effect of high dose stereotactic radiotherapy on the ocular blood flow of patients with uveal melanoma. METHODS Colour Doppler imaging (CDI) was used to measure blood flow velocity and vascular resistance in the ophthalmic, short posterior, and central retinal arteries of nine patients suffering from uveal melanoma. The measurements were taken before, 6 months, 1 year, an...

Early experiences of planning stereotactic radiosurgery using 3D printed models of eyes with uveal melanomas

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the use of 3D printed model of an eye with intraocular tumor for linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery. METHODS The software for segmentation (3D Slicer) created virtual 3D model of eye globe with tumorous mass based on tissue density from computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging data. A virtual model was then proce...

Fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic choroidal melanoma

A Case of Choroidal Melanoma Metastatic to the Breast Fallbericht eines malignen Melanoms der Aderhaut mit Brustmetastasierung

A 61-year-old woman developed blurred vision in her left eye in December 2006. A clinical diagnosis of choroidal melanoma was made. The patient underwent excision of the left lens, followed by vitrectomy and stereotactic radiotherapy. She remained systemically healthy until 50 months later when, during a CT scan done for staging purposes, a newly visible lump was noted in the lower quadrant of ...

Metastasis rates and sites after treatment for choroidal melanoma by proton beam irradiation or by enucleation

PURPOSE To investigate tumor thickness and location, the interval of time between treatment for choroidal melanoma (proton beam irradiation or enucleation) and diagnosis of metastatic disease, and rates and sites of metastasis. DESIGN Retrospective, interventional, noncomparative case series. METHODS Follow-up of 152 patients with primary choroidal melanoma, between 1992 and 2006 (14 years)...