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SUCCESSFUL ROENTGEN TREATMENT OF ONE EYE

ALBERT N. LEMOINE, M.D.; JOHN McLEOD, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1936;16(5):804-821.

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Choroidal metastasis of carcinoma is still rare, according to published reports. Statistics as to the relative frequency of metastatic carcinoma of the choroid are notoriously unreliable, since they represent one man's or one clinic's experience only. Thus, Uhthoff¹ gave the ratio of patients with this condition to patients with ocular conditions as 1: 30,000, while Sattler² reported a ratio of 1: 300,000. Stallard³ reported 6 cases described in the records of Moorfields Hospital, a ratio of 1: 147,000. It has been suggested that the condition is much more frequent than has been reported, since such metastasis must occur often in terminal stages of carcinomatosis and therefore be overlooked. Against this suggestion is Michaïl's⁴ report of 1 case of this condition in 48,000 eyes examined microscopically. However, reports of cases are becoming more frequent. Whether this represents an actual increase of the incidence of choroidal . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
KANSAS CITY, MO

Footnotes
Read at the meeting of the American Ophthalmological Society, Hot Springs, Va., June 2, 1936.

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