title: [The 32P-test in the diagnosis of intraocular melanoma--an obsolete study method?].
abstract: Results of the 32P uptake test for the diagnosis of choroidal melanoma in 41 patients are reported. The sensitivity was 80%, the specificity 86%, if a count rate ratio of more than 1.4 between tumor and normal tissue was considered as pathological. Ratios between 1.4 and 1.6 ought to be considered as equivocal in which case specificity increases to 90%. The 32P uptake test still remains a method of clinical relevance in the diagnosis of choroidal melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Strahlentherapie und Nuklearmedizin, Städt. Klinikum Karlsruhe, FRG.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: von Kügelgen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Heinze
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Müller-Jensen
mesh_terms: D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes
vernacular_title: Der 32P-Test zur Diagnose intraokulärer Melanome--eine obsolete Untersuchungs-methode?