An experience of the use of radioactive plaques after failure of external beam radiation in the treatment of retinoblastoma

L Desjardins; C Levy; A Labib; P Schlienger; M Putterman; J M Zucker; J C Rosenwald; C Haye; P Validire

doi:10.3109/13816819309087622

An experience of the use of radioactive plaques after failure of external beam radiation in the treatment of retinoblastoma

Ophthalmic Paediatr Genet. 1993 Mar;14(1):39-42. doi: 10.3109/13816819309087622.

Authors

L Desjardins¹, C Levy, A Labib, P Schlienger, M Putterman, J M Zucker, J C Rosenwald, C Haye, P Validire

Affiliation

¹ Institut Curie, Paris, France.

PMID: 8345955
DOI: 10.3109/13816819309087622

Abstract

The authors have reviewed the results of radioactive plaques in recurrent retinoblastoma after external beam radiation in 34 eyes. They give their results on ocular conservation and on the visual outcome and compare these results with other series previously published. They think radioactive plaques are an alternative to enucleation in recurrent retinoblastoma after external beam.

MeSH terms

Brachytherapy*
Child, Preschool
Cobalt Radioisotopes
Eye Neoplasms / etiology
Eye Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Female
Humans
Infant
Iodine Radioisotopes
Male
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / etiology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / radiotherapy
Neoplasms, Second Primary / etiology
Neoplasms, Second Primary / radiotherapy*
Radiotherapy, High-Energy / adverse effects
Retinoblastoma / etiology
Retinoblastoma / radiotherapy*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Cobalt Radioisotopes
Iodine Radioisotopes