Treatment of bilateral choroidal malignant melanoma.
A history is presented of a 40-year-old male patient suffering from bilateral choroidal melanoma. Both eyes were treated with 106Ru/106Rh beta-irradiation. 2 years later one eye was enucleated because of radiogenic central vein thrombosis with secondary glaucoma. Histologically the tumor cells showed radiogenic damages and there were no signs of a new tumor growth. The other eye, however, is still functioning 6 years later with a visual acuity of 1.0.
D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012238:Rhodium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012413:Rubidium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014792:Visual Acuity
D011868:Radioisotopes; D012238:Rhodium; D012413:Rubidium