Postoperative beta-irradiation of pterygia

Recurrence rate of pterygium after surgical removal alone is high. A technique for the treatment of pterygia is described in which excision is followed by the application of beta-irradiation using radioactive [strontium-90] ophthalmic applicator. In 52 cases treated by this method there have been only 3 recurrences. About one half of the cases so treated were recurrence after surgical excision alone. This method is, therefore, recommended both for primary and recurrent pterygia

Malignant tumours of the orbit: report of 101 cases

101 cases of malignant tumours of the orbit were analysed for age, sex, tumour type and location. Carcinoma of the eye lids was of highest incidence among the other ocular tumours [40.5%]. Basal cell carcinoma was the most frequent malignancy in the eye lids [more than 90%] followed by squamous cell carcinoma. In the conjunctival malignancies. Squamous cell carcinoma was the most frequent type. The age incidence and the site of malignancy were also analysed