ABSTRACT
The authors assessed the regression of choroidal tumors, following irradiation treatment, by means of B scan sonography (Sonomed B 3000). Thirty-two patients were studied, 12 of whom underwent brachytherapy with 106Ru plaques and 20 of whom were treated with accelerated protons. After a follow-up period of 12 months, the following was observed: reduction of the thickness of the tumor (significantly greater in the tumors which underwent brachytherapy) and morphological and structural changes which consisted in a thinning of the tumor and an increased reflectivity.
Subject(s)
Brachytherapy , Choroid Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Melanoma/diagnostic imaging , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Choroid Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Melanoma/radiotherapy , Middle Aged , Reproducibility of Results , Retrospective Studies , Treatment Outcome , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
The authors measured extraocular muscle thickness in normal subjects and in patients affected by Graves' disease, using a Sonomed A-2000 echobiometer (probe with 10-MHz frequency); Hertel's exophthalmometry was also performed. Statistically significant differences in muscle thickness between normals and patients were found. This technique seems to be sufficiently useful and reliable in extraocular thickness evaluation, showing data similar to those of the recent literature.
