MULTIPLE CHOROIDAL METASTASIS FROM BRONCHIAL CARCINOID TREATED WITH PHOTO-COAGULATION AND PROTON-BEAM IRRADIATION

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GRAGOUDAS, ES [1 ]
CARROLL, JM [1 ]
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[1] MASSACHUSETTS EYE & EAR INFIRM, BOSTON, MA 02114 USA
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10.1016/0002-9394(79)90067-9
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R77 [眼科学];
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A 23-year-old man had bilateral multiple choroidal lesions eight years after removal of a bronchial carcinoid tumor. Choroidal biopsy confirmed that the clinical diagnosis and conventional radiotherapy to one eye resulted in rubeosis iridis, neovascular glaucoma, cataract, and vitreous hemorrhage. We were able to destroy the tumors in the other eye by photocoagulation and proton beam irradiation without any adverse effects. The patient is in good health 1 1 2 years after therapy and he has 6/6 (20/20) vision in the eye that was treated. © 1979.
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