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ArticleCureus2025

Cataract Extraction After Brachytherapy for Malignant Melanoma of the Choroid in a Young Female Patient: A Case Report.

Birkaran Sadhar, Paarth Sharma, Tayyab Shakoor, Satnam Singh, Chris Buzas

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Birkaran SadharOphthalmology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, USA.
Paarth SharmaOphthalmology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, USA.
Tayyab ShakoorEmergency Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, USA.
Satnam SinghMedicine, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown, USA.
Chris BuzasOphthalmology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of brachytherapy, a form of radiation therapy, plays a crucial role in the management of intraocular melanomas of the choroid. Ionization radiation treatment has the unfortunate side effect of developing cataracts prematurely. We present an uncommonly seen case of a 36-year-old woman who presented with blurred vision in her left eye following successful plaque radiotherapy four years prior for malignant melanoma in the same eye. The patient had developed a cataract, which hindered her visual acuity and visualization of the tumor. Prompt cataract surgery after brachytherapy for radiation-induced cataracts is necessary for the improvement of the quality of life and ensuring effective uveal and retinal examination.

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cataract patientschoroidal malignant melanomamalignant uveal melanomaocular brachytherapyocular radiation

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PMID40026966
PMCPMC11871966

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