Echographic evaluation of choroidal melanomas treated with ruthenium-106 plaques: the treatment failures

Ophthalmologica. 1998:212 Suppl 1:33-6. doi: 10.1159/000055419.

Abstract

From July 1990 to October 1995 we treated 45 patients with choroidal melanomas using ruthenium-106 plaques. The population mean age was 59.2+/-10.4 years. In this paper, the authors describe in detail their clinical management and follow-up timing. They also report on the echographic pattern change after treatment and the clinical history of some failure cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Brachytherapy*
  • Choroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Choroid Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melanoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Melanoma / radiotherapy
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Ruthenium Radioisotopes / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Failure
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Ruthenium Radioisotopes