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HERBERT KAYE, F.R.C.S., D.O.M.S., D.T.M.&H., R.C.P.& S.

Arch Ophthal. 1941;25(3):443-444.

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In the February 1940 issue of the Archives, Cordes and Hogan¹ advocated the use of roentgen therapy in the treatment of retinal tumors occurring in association with von Hippel's disease. They reported some improvement. Cordes and Hogan also stated that localized radium therapy in cases of early involvement produces a greater effect on the tumor mass than does roentgen irradiation, thus suggesting radium therapy as the method of choice. The use of radon seeds near the ora serrata may cause irradiation cataract and, in some cases, grayish white exudates at the macula appearing a year after irradiation.

I should like to advocate a method that has been completely successful in the cases of 2 young persons afflicted with this disease. The mother of the patients is blind in both eyes as the result of angiomatosis retinae with the usual end picture of complicated cataracts and detachments ; she has been . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

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