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Five eyes harboring posterior uveal melanomas were examined before and one year after treatment with cobalt plaque radiotherapy. Post-operatively, B-scan ultrasonograms revealed a change in the tumor’s size and shape, a decrease in the area of echolucency within the tumor and the formation of new areas of echolucency within the sclera and orbital tissues. Standardized A-scan echograms showed an irregular acoustic structure, a higher reflectivity and wide orbital echoes. The average decrease in height was 37%.
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Shammas, H.J., Boyer, D.S., Miller, J.B. (1987). Ultrasound characteristics of posterior uveal melanomas treated with cobalt plaque radiotherapy. In: Ossoinig, K.C. (eds) Ophthalmic Echography. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3315-6_63
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