Successful treatment of ciliary body medulloepithelioma with intraocular melphalan chemotherapy: a case report

Abstract Background Intraocular medulloepithelioma is commonly treated with primary enucleation. Conservative treatment options include brachytherapy, local resection and/or cryotherapy in selected cases. We report for the first time the use of targeted chemotherapy to treat a ciliary body medulloep...

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Main Authors: Christina Stathopoulos, Marie-Claire Gaillard, Julie Schneider, Francis L. Munier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-020-01512-y