RE: Eye tumor localization

[carol marcus <csmarcus@ucla.edu>]

At 07:12 PM 3/22/99 -0600, you wrote:
>I actually participated in one of these exams in surgery in 1978!  Haven't
>seen one since.  Yes we could (kind of) localize the tumor with a fine beta
>probe, but we could easily see it with a source of illumination behind the
>eyeball.  I hope that with MRI and other much better techniques, no one is
>doing this nowadays.  I can see no clinical utility to the process.
>
>Trisha Edgerton, MS, CHP
>California Department of Health Services
>Radiologic Health Branch
>pedgerto@dhs.ca.gov
>Voice:  (916) 322-6268
>Fax:     (916) 324-3610
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Engelbretson, David [mailto:DEngelbret@tmh.tmc.edu]
>Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 2:29 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: Eye tumor localization
>
>
>Would anyone know if this particular Nuclear Medicine dx procedure (using
>P-32) is being performed nowadays?
>
>Thanks for your input.
>
>
>David A. Engelbretson, MS
>Assistant Radiation Safety Officer
>Environmental & Radiation Safety Department
>The Methodist Hospital
>713-790-2761 phone
>713-793-1341 fax
>
>
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Dear Radsafers:

I did these many years ago, but the technique was replaced with fluorescein,
which worked better and entailed no ionizing radiation.

Ciao, Carol

Carol S. Marcus, Ph.D., M.D.
<csmarcus@ucla.edu>

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