Uveal melanoma is the most common primary ocular malignancy in adults, with an annual incidence of 6–7 cases/million people.[1‐3] The choroid is the most common site of involvement occurring in more than 90% patients.[3] We conducted a retrospective study for uveal melanoma at Tongren Eye Center from 1997 to 2011. A total of 682 cases of uveal melanoma were recorded. Among them, 176 (25.8%) cas...

Microwave thermoradiotherapy was used as a primary treatment for 44 patients with choroidal melanoma. An episcleral dish-shaped microwave antenna was placed beneath the tumour at the time of plaque brachytherapy. While temperatures were measured at the sclera, the tumour's apex was targeted to receive a minimum of 42 degrees C for 45 minutes. In addition, the patients received full or reduced d...

PURPOSE To compare the measurement of the basal diameter of choroidal melanoma, an important parameter for planning treatment and as a prognostic factor, by standardized ophthalmic ultrasound versus that obtained using a wide-angle fundus camera. METHODS The longest and shortest basal diameters of 104 consecutive choroidal melanomas of patients seen at the ocular oncology service of the Hadas...

A decreased count of retinal photoreceptors all over the fundus and a loss of retinal pigment epithelium cells mainly in the parapapillary region have been reported to be associated with glaucoma. This study addressed the question whether this cell loss in the deep retinal layers may be connected with a change of the choroidal thickness in glaucomatous eyes. Histological sections of 12 eyes wit...

choroidal melanoma. The initial ultrasonographic characteristics suggestive of a melanoma include the collar-button shape, low internal reflectivity, and moderate vascularity. The reduction in lesion thickness and change from lowmedium to medium internal reflectivity on A-scan examination across time argue against a melanoma. Whereas the collar-button shape is characteristic of a melanoma, othe...