Predicting the effectiveness of organ-preserving treatment of choroidal melanoma using optical coherence tomography data

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PURPOSE

This study was conducted to identify OCT signs that adversely affect the outcome of organ-preserving CM treatment.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

OCT scan images of 30 patients who underwent organ-preserving treatment and were under observation were selected for this study. Brachytherapy (BT) as monotherapy was performed in 27 patients (in 2 cases — twice, and in 1 case — three times), in one patient — in combination with the previous transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT). Multiple TTT (4 sessions within 4 months) as monotherapy were performed in 2 patients. In 9 cases, a single organ-preserving treatment (BT — 6 patients, TTT — 3 patients) was ineffective. In these cases, the effectiveness of the first stage of organ-preserving treatment was taken into account.

RESULTS

Seven signs of an unfavorable prognosis of the performed treatment were identified by analyzis of tomograms and statistical processing of the obtained data. These signs include: the presence of intraretinal edema, detachment of the neuroepithelium (NED) over the tumor, including with a break in the photoreceptors, accumulation of transudate over the tumor, the presence of large cysts, intraretinal cavities and NED near the tumor (secondary retinal detachment). A combination of three or more signs were observed in all cases of inefficiency of the first stage of treatment. Most often, intraretinal edema and NED over the tumor were combined with the accumulation of subretinal transudate and NED near the tumor. The presence of 6 or all 7 signs took place in cases of a negative therapeutic effect after local destruction.

CONCLUSION

When planning organ-preserving CM treatment, in addition to biometric parameters, it is necessary to pay special attention to the identification of such morphological signs as NED over and near the tumor, accumulation of transudate under the NED, the presence of intraretinal edema, large intraretinal cysts and cavities.

Keywords:

choroidal melanoma

organ-preserving treatment

brachytherapy

transpupillary thermotherapy

optical coherence tomography

Authors:

Stoyukhina A.S.

Krasnov Research Institute of Eye Diseases

ORCID: 0000-0002-4517-0324

Received:

27.10.2023

Accepted:

25.12.2023

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