Radiation macular edema after Ru-106 plaque brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma resolved by an intravitreal dexamethasone 0.7-mg implant

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-76

  Russo, Andrea ^a   Avitabile, Teresio ^a   Uva, Maurizio ^a   Faro, Salvatore ^a   Franco, Livio ^a   Sanfilippo, Marisa ^a   Gulisano, Seby ^a   Toro, Mario ^a   De Grande, Vittorio ^a   Rametta, Stefania ^a   Foti, Laura ^a   Longo, Antonio ^a   Reibaldi, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Choroidal melanoma; Dexamethasone 0.7 mg; Macular edema; Ozurdex ; Ru 106 plaque

Indexed keywords

AVASTATIN; BEVACIZUMAB; DEXAMETHASONE; RUTHENIUM 106; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHOROID MELANOMA; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; THICKNESS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 84860781393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337144     Document Type: Article

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