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Br J Ophthalmol 2005;89:127 doi:10.1136/bjo.2004.feb05atag
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      THE NEW WAY TO TREAT PARASELLAR MENINGIOMAS

      Intracranial meningiomas are slow growing tumours that traditionally have been treated by surgical excision. Recent studies have suggested that they are radiosensitive. Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy is one of the newer treatments that neurosurgeons have been using against meningiomas at the base of the skull. Behbehani and coworkers report the results of 13 patients treated with this therapy for parasellar meningiomas. The preliminary findings suggest that it is safe and effective. See p 130

      PDT THERAPY FOR INFLAMMATORY CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARISATION

      Some patients with ocular inflammatory disease will develop choroidal neovascularisation. The standard approach in these patients has been the use of systemic immunosuppression. Regrettably, this is not always successful. Leslie …

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