A rare case of choroidal melanoma with a lump in the nape of neck [PDF]
A 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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Transplantable melanomas in hamsters and gerbils as models for human melanoma : sensitization in melanoma radiotherapy : from animal models to clinical trials [PDF]
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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Small choroidal melanoma and pseudomelanomas: methods of differential diagnostics. Part 1
Choroidal melanoma is a malignant tumor prone to early metastasis. Its clinical picture is polymorphic, as a result of which it can simulate many diseases of the fundus, which are referred to in the literature as pseudomelanomas.
E. B. Myakoshina
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Osteopontin and `Melanoma Inhibitory Activity': Comparison of Two Serological Tumor Markers in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma Patients [PDF]
Background: Evaluation of the protein osteopontin (OPN) as a potential new marker in comparison to melanoma inhibitory activity (MIA) for screening and detection of metastatic uveal melanoma. Methods: Plasma levels of 32 patients with uveal melanoma were
Haritoglou, Christos +5 more
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Uveal melanoma is the most common intraocular malignant tumor, with the choroid being the most common site. Management of choroidal melanoma has evolved greatly over the past years. In the past, the conventional method of treatment was enucleation of the affected eye with a debate regarding the effect of enucleation to promote or prevent metastasis ...
Hamza, Hany S. +1 more
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Clinical disorders affecting mesopic vision [PDF]
Vision in the mesopic range is affected by a number of inherited and acquired clinical disorders. We review these conditions and summarize the historical background, describing the clinical characteristics alongside the genetic basis and molecular ...
Abramowicz M. +100 more
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The first part of the literature review described the ophthalmoscopic picture of the small choroidal melanoma and pseudomelanomas [ROJ, 2019; 12 (4): 99–108].
E. B. Myakoshina
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Widening use of dexamethasone implant for the treatment of macular edema [PDF]
Sustained-release intravitreal 0.7 mg dexamethasone (DEX) implant is approved in Europe for the treatment of macular edema related to diabetic retinopathy, branch retinal vein occlusion, central retinal vein occlusion, and non-infectious uveitis.
Avitabile T. +9 more
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Radiation therapy of choroidal melanoma: comparative evaluation of the treatment results [PDF]
Objectives. To conduct a systematic review of the application results of various methods of radiation therapy for choroidal melanoma treatment, as well as to compare the results of stereotactic radiosurgery and brachytherapy application for the choroidal
P.D. Dziameshka +2 more
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Primary photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for pigmented posterior pole cT1a choroidal melanoma: a 3-year retrospective analysis [PDF]
AIMS: To investigate the outcomes of primary photodynamic therapy (PDT) for pigmented posterior pole cT1a choroidal melanoma. METHODS: Retrospective interventional consecutive case series of 26 patients (26 eyes) with pigmented posterior pole cT1a ...
Arora, AK +5 more
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