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Erschienen in: Current Treatment Options in Neurology 1/2010

01.01.2010 | Neurologic Ophthalmology and Otology

Treatment of Melanoma-Associated Retinopathy

verfasst von: Steven F. Powell, MD, Arkadiusz Z. Dudek, MD, PhD

Erschienen in: Current Treatment Options in Neurology | Ausgabe 1/2010

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Opinion statement

Melanoma-associated retinopathy is a rare paraneoplastic disorder that is challenging to diagnose and even more difficult to treat. Because of the rarity of the disease, therapy is based on analysis of case series and case reports. Based on evidence from these reports, first-line therapy is cytoreduction of metastatic disease through metastasectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation. This can be combined with intravenous immunoglobulin. For refractory visual symptoms, additional therapies include systemic corticosteroids and plasmapheresis, but the success of these strategies has been limited. Because of the rarity of the disorder, new therapies should be evaluated and reported in the literature to expand our clinical understanding of this autoimmune disease.
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Metadaten
Titel
Treatment of Melanoma-Associated Retinopathy
verfasst von
Steven F. Powell, MD
Arkadiusz Z. Dudek, MD, PhD
Publikationsdatum
01.01.2010
Verlag
Current Science Inc.
Erschienen in
Current Treatment Options in Neurology / Ausgabe 1/2010
Print ISSN: 1092-8480
Elektronische ISSN: 1534-3138
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11940-009-0057-x

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