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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Plaque brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma with vitreous haemorrhage: a therapeutic challenge.

Subina Narang, Awadhesh Kumar Pandey, Mannat Giran, Ravinder Kaur

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Subina NarangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India subina_navya@yahoo.com.
Awadhesh Kumar PandeyDepartment of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Mannat GiranDepartment of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Ravinder KaurDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Government Medical College and Hospital · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 47-year-old man presented with profound loss of vision in right eye and relative afferent pupillary defect. On fundus examination, posterior pole details were obscured due to dense vitreous haemorrhage. B-scan ultrasonography was performed that revealed a mushroom-shaped hyperechoic lesion with medium internal reflectivity on A-scan ultrasonography. After performing contrast-enhanced MRI of the orbit, a diagnosis of choroidal melanoma was established. Patient was managed using plaque brachytherapy based on multiplanar MRI. This was followed 10 months later by pars plana vitrectomy and cataract extraction. Vision postoperatively improved to 20/60. A systematic clinical assessment along with supportive ancillary investigations augments diagnostic accuracy and reduces delay in definitive management.

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BrachytherapyChoroid NeoplasmsMelanomaUveal NeoplasmsHumansMaleMiddle AgedVitrectomyVitreous Hemorrhagecancer interventioncancer - see oncologyeye

Identifiers

PMID33849873
PMCPMC8051367
OpenAlexW3156409001

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