[Metastasis to the vascular tunic of the eye].
The author has summed up his experience in the diagnosis and radiation therapy of 6 patients with breast cancer (5) and lung cancer metastases to the vascular coat of the eye. The initial and leading symptoms are increasing impairment of vision. In 3 patients metastases to the eye developed against a background of tumor generalization. gamma-beam therapy at a total focal dose of 30 Gy within 10 days of irradiation improved vision in 4 patients.
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