Patients with iris melanoma treated with plaque radiotherapy were more likely to develop post-management glaucoma than when other conservative treatments were used, according to a speaker.
“Post-management glaucoma was found with lower frequency amongst those who had local resection and was more commonly found in those who had plaque radiotherapy,” Aakriti G. Shukla, MD, said at the virtual American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.
In a retrospective review of consecutive patients with primary iris melanoma seen at the Ocular Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital from 1970
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