Juxtapapillary and circumpapillary choroidal melanoma: globe-sparing treatment outcomes with iodine-125 notched plaque brachytherapy.
John V HegdeTara A McCannelColin A McCannelJames LambPin-Chieh WangDarlene VeruttipongRobert AlmanzorD Jeffrey DemanesMitchell KamravaPublished in: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie (2017)
I-125 notched plaque brachytherapy provides high eye preservation rates with acceptable longer-term post-treatment visual outcomes. Based on our experience, choroidal melanoma directly contiguous with and partially encasing the optic disc may be effectively treated with this technique.