title: Treatment of juxtapapillary melanomas.
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.
authors.affiliation: University Eye Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Lommatzsch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lommatzsch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D002829:Choroid / Q000601:surgery; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged