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Echographic localization of periocular Carboplatin for treatment of advanced retinoblastoma
Colleen M Cebulla1, Armando Alegret, Fiona J Ehlies
1From the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Purpose:
To study ocular ultrasonography as a means to effectively localize periocular carboplatin in patients with advanced retinoblastoma.
Methods:
In a cases series, seven patients diagnosed with advanced retinoblastoma refractory to standard chemotherapy were treated with two to four periocular carboplatin injections. Echographic images were obtained before and after injection.
Results:
The periocular carboplatin depot was a discrete homogeneous structure with lower internal reflectivity than the surrounding orbital tissue. The mean maximal juxtascleral height of the drug depot ± SD was 3.3 ±1.4 mm and was located directly posterior to the area of maximal intraocular tumor thickness in all seven patients. Moderate shadowing from calcification was present in one patient. Five patients had a pattern of a thinner pocket of drug visible after subsequent injections.
Conclusions:
Echography is a useful technique to study novel periocular drug delivery. It effectively images the drug in relation to the intraocular tumor, confirming the most effective drug placement for these resistant tumors.
