[Interferon alpha 2b for treatment of conjunctival melanoma: a case report]

Authors :: C, Schumacher
C, Heinz
P, Lommatzsch
A, Lommatzsch
J, Koch
Source :: Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft. 110(8)
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: A 71-year-old female patient with a status following multiple conjunctival excisions, histopathologically confirmed conjunctival melanoma (CMM) and also multiple therapy with mitomycin C presented with progressive conjunctival pigmentation. Treatment was carried out with local interferon α2b administration four or five times daily for several months. The lesion showed regression and lost pigmentation without any side effects.

Subjects :: Treatment Outcome
Humans
Interferon-alpha
Conjunctival Neoplasms
Female
Interferon alpha-2
Melanoma
Recombinant Proteins
Aged

Language :: German
ISSN :: 14330423
Volume :: 110
Issue :: 8
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft
Accession number :: edsair.pmid..........20bc56c416fa354c5a3fd44847e3107c

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