Effects on Periocular Tissues after Proton Beam Radiation Therapy for Intraocular Tumors.

CONCLUSION: PBRT for intraocular tumors can induce various orbital and periorbital tissue changes. More specifically, when enucleation is performed after PBRT due to disease progression, significant enophthalmos and OV decrease can develop and can cause poor facial cosmesis as treatment sequelae.
PMID: 29651818 [PubMed - in process]

Source: J Korean Med Sci - April 14, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Choi YJ, Kim TW, Kim S, Choung H, Lee MJ, Kim N, Khwarg SI, Yu YS Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research