Reactions to and Desire for Prognostic Testing in Choroidal Melanoma Patients [PDF]
Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2009 Tammy M Beran +2 more
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Primary choroidal melanoma followed by two metachronous ipsilateral ocular metastases
Российский офтальмологический журнал, 2022 Purpose. To describe two ipsilateral, metachronous, ocular choroidal melanoma metastases.Material and methods. A 64-year-old choroidal melanoma patient was initially treated with palladium-103 ophthalmic plaque brachytherapy which induced local control ...
P. T. Finger +3 more
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Choroidal melanoma and pregnancy [PDF]
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2016 AbstractPurposeChoroidal melanoma is a rare tumour in adults. The mean age at diagnosis is 60, but the tumour can affect women of childbearing age. A negative effect of pregnancy on patients' survival has not been formally excluded to date. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of pregnancy on the prognosis of choroidal melanoma ...
Stéphanie, Lemaître +10 more
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An amelanotic choroidal melanoma arising in a young man with tattoo-associated sarcoidosis
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2020 Purpose: To describe a patient with an amelanotic choroidal melanoma, originally misdiagnosed as a choroidal granuloma, following his systemic diagnosis of tattoo-associated sarcoidosis.
Sean T. Berkowitz, BS +2 more
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American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2023 Purpose: To report the unusual case of a previously stable choroidal nevus, closely followed for over 15 years, which underwent malignant transformation into small choroidal melanoma with massive extrascleral extension.
Michael D. Yu +4 more
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Local treatment failure after globe-conserving therapy for choroidal melanoma. [PDF]
, 2013 Local treatment failure after globe-conserving therapy for choroidal melanoma is a surgical complication with significant morbidity to the vision and eye. Few reports in the literature have addressed this complication exclusively.
Chang, Melinda Y, McCannel, Tara A
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LiCl induces apoptosis via CHOP/NOXA/Mcl-1 axis in human choroidal melanoma cells
Cancer Cell International, 2021 Background Choroidal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy that occurs in adults. Lithium Chloride Promotes Apoptosis in Human Leukemia NB4 Cells by Inhibiting Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Beta.
Qiuqiu Zhang +4 more
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Subretinal lipid exudation associated with untreated choroidal melanoma
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2011 Subretinal lipid exudation in an untreated choroidal melanoma is very rare. It is seen following plaque radiotherapy in choroidal melanoma. There is only one case report of untreated choroidal melanoma with massive lipid exudation in a patient with ...
C K Minija, Mahesh P Shanmugam
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Transplantable melanomas in hamsters and gerbils as models for human melanoma : sensitization in melanoma radiotherapy : from animal models to clinical trials [PDF]
, 2018 The focus of the present review is to investigate the role of melanin in the radioprotection of melanoma and attempts to sensitize tumors to radiation by inhibiting melanogenesis. Early studies showed radical scavenging, oxygen consumption and adsorption
Andrzej Słominski +11 more
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A rare case of choroidal melanoma with a lump in the nape of neck [PDF]
Journal of Medical and Life ScienceA 70-year-old man reported a gradual decline in vision in his left eye over the past four months. Upon slit-lamp examination, the left eye showed a sluggish pupillary response to light, a posterior subcapsular cataract, and a pigmented choroidal mass ...
BIDHAN DAS +3 more
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