[A case of intraocular recurrence at a distant site of malignant melanoma of the choroid treated by cobalt 60 disk].
Twenty months after cobalt 60 plaque therapy of a choroidal malignant melanoma, a patient developed an intraocular recurrence at a site distant from and non contiguous to the original lesion that seemed controlled. The characteristics and the possible explanations of this unusual recurrence are discussed.
Bacin
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Service d'ophtalmologie, CHRU Grabriel-Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand.
Kantelip
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Rozan
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Pezet
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Defrançais
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D000328:Adult; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary
D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes
Un cas de récidive intraoculaire située à distance d'un mélanome malin de la choroïde traité par disque de cobalt 60.