Abstract
A 71-year-old man underwent enucleation because of intractable pain ten months after receiving helium ion therapy for a uveal melanoma. There was no clinical or ultrasonographic evidence of tumor regression but histologically the tumor appeared almost entirely necrotic.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Blindness / etiology
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Helium / therapeutic use*
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Humans
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Male
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Melanoma / pathology
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Melanoma / radiotherapy*
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Melanoma / surgery
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Necrosis / complications
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Necrosis / surgery
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Pain / etiology
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Radioisotopes / therapeutic use*
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Uveal Neoplasms / pathology
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Uveal Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
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Uveal Neoplasms / surgery