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ABSTRACT: To assess the results of I-125 episcleral brachytherapy (EB) in uveal melanoma: tumour control, visual acuity (VA), eye preservation and survival.
Prospective and consecutive study of patients with a diagnosis of uveal melanoma at the Ocular Oncology Unit in the Valladolid University Teaching Hospital treated with EB between September 1997 and June 2008. Ocular examination and extraocular and systemic extension data were registered in a database at the time of the diagnosis and during the follow-up.
Among a total of 310 patients diagnosed between September 1997 and June 2008, 136 were treated with EB (mean age, 58.3). Mean follow-up was 55.3 months. As for tumour type, 66.9% were nodular and 39% mushroom shaped. With respect to size, 80.9% were medium, 7.4% small and 11.8% large. After 4.6 years of follow-up, tumours were controlled in 97.1%, with a 55.1% reduction in mean height; only 2.9% of patients showed recurrence. VA was maintained in 16.2% of patients and 17.6% showed an increase; 33% had retinopathy and 14.6% optic neuropathy. Only 5.1% of patients underwent enucleation due to complications and there has been 1 melanoma-related death to date.
I-125 EB is effective in tumour control, allowing preservation of the eye and useful visual function for the majority of patients.
Clinical and Translational Oncology 05/2012; 14(5):350-5. · 1.33 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: to analyze ocular survival in eyes with uveal melanoma treated with conservative therapies, in a centre that applies all treatment modalities.
Patients diagnosed with uveal melanoma and treated between September 1990 and April 2007 were included in an historical cohorts study.
273 patients were included. 193 were treated with conservative treatments (70.69%) and 80 were enucleated as primary treatment. 14 patients were enucleated after conservative treatment (7.2%). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed an 88% survival probability of the eye in the first 5 years after conservative treatment and 83% at 10 years.
Conservative treatments for uveal melanoma, especially brachitherapy, are safe and effective in relation to tumor control and rate of secondary effects.
Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia 04/2009; 84(3):145-9.
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ABSTRACT: To report the surgical outcome of aponeurosis surgery in patients with acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis and describe surgical guidelines for their correction.
The clinical records of two patients with acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis after surgical correction were reviewed.
In two patients with acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis and barely good levator function, levator resection surgery was performed. Corneal complications appeared in both cases.
Patients with acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis are at risk of post-operative surgical complications from corneal exposure. Surgical correction should be conservative and performed only when the visual axis is compromised.
Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia 07/2005; 80(6):359-64.
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ABSTRACT: To present a series of patients with uveal melanoma masquerading as ocular hypertension.
Patients diagnosed with uveal melanoma were reviewed, selecting those cases with initial presentation as secondary unilateral glaucoma. Clinical and histopathological information useful for prognosis was examined, such as anterior border localization, size and shape of the tumor, associated ocular pathology, cell type and degree of extraocular extension.
Seven patients out of a total of 160 diagnosed with melanoma presented with ocular hypertension (4.3% of the total). Six tumors were large, with only one of them being middle-size. All cases had an associated asymmetric cataract on the affected side. Four cases had neovascular glaucoma, two pseudo-phacolytic glaucoma and the remaining case had invasion of the anterior chamber angle. All cases were unresponsive to medical treatment for glaucoma, due to the unsuspected tumor they harbored. Visual acuity was lower than 0.1 in the affected eye in all patients. Only one case had extraocular extension. A histopathologic examination performed in six cases showed that 3 tumors had epithelioid cellularity and also 3 had varying degrees of extrascleral extension.
In patients presenting with the association of unilateral glaucoma and asymmetric cataract, it is crucial to perform imaging studies, such as ultrasound, in order to rule out the presence of an intraocular tumor, and to achieve an early diagnosis, improving the patient's prognosis and the morbidity of treatments.
Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia 02/2005; 80(1):27-34.
