Choroidal Melanoma: Our Experience

Choroidal Melanoma

Proton beam radiotherapy of choroidal melanoma: the Liverpool-Clatterbridge experience.

PURPOSE To report on outcomes after proton beam radiotherapy of choroidal melanoma using a 62-MeV cyclotron in patients considered unsuitable for other forms of conservative therapy. METHODS AND MATERIALS A total of 349 patients with choroidal melanoma referred to the Liverpool Ocular Oncology Centre underwent proton beam radiotherapy at Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology (CCO) between January...

Fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic choroidal melanoma

Choroidal Melanoma

Bilateral primary choroidal melanoma.

A case of bilateral primary choroidal melanoma is described in a 51-year-old white male. Histological confirmation followed enucleation of the left eye and local excision in the right. A careful systemic evaluation failed to demonstrate any other primary or secondary melanomata. This case is the first bilateral primary choroidal melanoma reported in the United Kingdom and the first to be descri...