In the past, only clinical factors were used to judge “risky nevi,” but imaging modalities are predictive tools for identifying choroidal nevus risk factors for growth to melanoma, according to Carol L. Shields, MD.
“Imaging matters,” Shields said at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.
In a study published in Retina, Shields and colleagues reported imaging 3,806 cases and reported Kaplan-Meier estimates of nevus transformation into melanoma of 1.2% at 1 year, 5.8% at 5 years and 13.9% at 10 years in the 2,355 cases available for follow-up.
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