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Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:400-403.

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The treatment of small melanocytic tumors of the uvea is appealing because of the prospect of local destruction of a potentially lethal tumor while it is still confined to the eye. However, enthusiasm for treating small melanocytic tumors of the uvea has been tempered by the lack of an effective local treatment that is free from significant local side effects and by the difficulty in identifying which small uveal melanocytic lesions should be treated. In the past few years, several studies have helped identify which small uveal melanocytic tumors are at particularly high risk for growth and/or metastasis.^1-2 Identification of high-risk small tumors has prompted reevaluation of the management of these tumors and promoted the development of vision-sparing treatment modalities.

Cryotherapy has been used in a limited fashion for the treatment of uveal melanomas.^3-4 Lincoff et al³ and Brovkina et al⁴ evaluated cryotherapy in small series of patients with uveal . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Corresponding author: David J. Wilson, MD, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97201 (e-mail: wilsonda@ohsu.edu).

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