title: Irradiation of malignant eyelid melanoma with iodine 125 plaque.
abstract: We used contact irradiation with iodine 125 seeds to treat a large, exulcerative, nodular, amelanotic malignant eyelid melanoma with metastasis to the regional lymph nodes in an 80-year-old man. The procedure was similar to iodine 125 plaque irradiation of malignant choroidal melanoma; special equipment, however, was needed to protect the eye from radiation exposure. The response of the malignant eyelid melanoma to iodine 125 plaque irradiation was similar to that of malignant melanomas of the choroid. No complications were observed in a follow-up period of 15 months.
authors.affiliation: Eye Clinic, Central Clinic, Augsburg, West Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stanowsky
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Krey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kopp
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kanitz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes