Neovascular glaucoma after stereotactic radiotherapy for juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma: Histopathologic and dosimetric findings

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 377-384

  Fernandes, Bruno F ^a   Weisbrod, Daniel ^a   Yücel, Yeni H ^b   Follwell, Matthew ^a   Krema, Hatem ^a   Heydarian, Mostafa ^a   Xu, Wei ^a   Payne, David ^a   McGowan, Hugh ^a   Simpson, Ernest R ^a   Laperriere, Normand ^a   Sahgal, Arjun ^a,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choroidal melanoma; Complications; Histopathology; Neovascular glaucoma; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CHOROIDAL MELANOMA; COMPLICATIONS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY;

DERMATOLOGY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; EYE PROTECTION; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ENUCLEATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUXTAPAPILLARY CHOROID MELANOMA; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA; RETINA INJURY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYE; EYE ENUCLEATION; GLAUCOMA, NEOVASCULAR; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955595466     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.04.073     Document Type: Article

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