Giant retinal telangiectasia after ophthalmic plaque radiation therapy
Margarita Labkovich, Paul T. Finger · 2026
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Margarita Labkovich and Paul T. Finger describe two patients who grew giant widened blood vessels in the retina years after radiation plaque treatment for eye melanoma, published in 2026. Radiation harm to the retina is a known late risk of the plaque method, which places a radioactive disc on the eye wall. Giant vessel growths of this kind are a rare form of that harm.
The growths appeared seven and nine years after treatment, with bleeding, fatty deposits, and swelling. Both patients got injections that block vessel growth signals. The case near the center of sight ran a fiercer course and also needed laser treatment and steroid shots. Care followed both vessel activity and other radiation harm in the eye, a balance the authors stress for late cases.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Margarita Labkovich, Paul T. Finger |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22362 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |