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Estudio epidemiológico y anatomopatológico del melanoma uveal
Epidemiologic and anatomopathologic study of uveal melanoma

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 35 (2), 2022
Objetivo: Determinar el comportamiento epidemiológico y anatomopatológico del melanoma uveal. Método: Estudio descriptivo, longitudinal y retrospectivo en pacientes enucleados por diagnóstico de melanoma uveal en el Centro Oftalmológico de Villa Clara entre enero de 2010 a mayo de 2021. Resultados: ...

Panoftalmitis: presentación atípica de un melanoma coroideo
Panophthalmitis: atypical presentation of choroid melanoma

Rev. medica electron; 44 (1), 2022
RESUMEN La panoftalmitis es una forma rara y grave ocular de presentación del melanoma coroideo, por lo que, ante la presencia de una masa intraocular e inflamación de todas las estructuras intraoculares, con extensión extraescleral y los tejidos vecinos de la órbita, debe considerarse el diagnóstic...

Thermography in clinical ophthalmic oncology

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 84 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Purpose: The aim of this study was to present our own experience with the use of thermography as a complementary method for the initial diagnosis and differentiation of intraocular tumors, as well as for the evaluation of the efficacy of treatment of intraocular melanomas. Methods: The study g...

Effects of ranibizumab and amfenac on the functional abilities and radiosensitivity of uveal melanoma cells

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the effects of ranibizumab and amfenac in human uveal melanoma cell lines and to explore the ability of these compounds to sensitize uveal melanoma cells to radiation therapy. Methods: The 92.1 human uveal melanoma cell line was cultured and subjected to the proposed tre...

Caracterización clinicopatológica del melanoma uveal

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 31 (4), 2018
Objetivo: Describir las características clinicopatológicas de los pacientes con diagnóstico de melanoma de la úvea. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y retrospectivo de serie de casos, en el Instituto Cubano de Oncología y Radiobiología de Cuba, desde enero del año 2011 hasta junio de 2...

Metastatic choroidal melanoma to the contralateral eye: a rare case

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 81 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT Uveal melanoma is the most common adult primary intraocular cancer. Although liver metastasis is common to the natural history of the disease, metastasis to the fellow eye is extremely rare. Here we report the case of a 59-year-old man with choroidal melanoma in his right eye who underwent enucl...

Scleral necrosis in patients with posterior uveal melanomas evaluated by transcleral fine needle aspiration biopsy and treated by 125I plaque

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 81 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the incidence, potential correlation with transcleral fine needle aspiration biopsy, and treatment of scleral necrosis in patients with posterior uveal melanomas treated by 125I plaque radiotherapy and assessed by transcleral fine needle aspiration biopsy. Methods: We perÂ...

Evaluation of nicotinamide as an anti-inflammatory and anti-angiogenic agent in uveal melanoma cell lines

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose: To investigate the effect of nicotinamide on the secretion of pro-an giogenic and pro-inflammatory cytokines in uveal melanoma cell lines. Methods: Two human uveal melanoma cell lines (92.1 and OCM-1) were treated with nicotinamide (10 mmol/L) or control media for 48 hours in culture....

Melanoma epitelióide de coróide em adolescente: relato de caso
Choroidal epithelioid melanoma in an adolescent: case report

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 67 (3), 2004
O melanoma maligno de úvea é uma doença muito rara antes dos 30 anos de idade. Este é um relato de um caso de melanoma epitelióide de coróide em adolescente de 12 anos cujo diagnóstico presuntivo foi realizado por exame clínico, ressonância e ultra-sonografia sendo confirmado por meio de exame a...