Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin in subfoveal amelanotic choroidal melanoma (A controlled case).
Case Reports
2006; 27(1-2): 145-148
PubMed PMID: 16648785
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Keywords:
Eye:diagnostic imaging, Eye Neoplasms:diagnostic imaging, Humans, Male, Melanoma, Amelanotic:diagnostic imaging, Middle Aged, Photochemotherapy, Photosensitizing Agents:therapeutic use, Porphyrins:therapeutic use, Ultrasonography,.
: A 57-year old man with 2.7 mm thick subfoveal amelanotic choroidal melanoma of the right eye was indicated for photodynamic therapy with verteporfin. The tumor fully disappeared 1 month after the treatment, the visual acuity improved from 4/16 to 4/4. The disease did not recur during 24-month follow-up....
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Soucek P, Cihelkova I. Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin in subfoveal amelanotic choroidal melanoma (A controlled case). Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2006 Apr; 27(1-2): 145-148