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Title: The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Radium Society American Roentgen Ray Society
Subjects: Radiotherapy X-rays
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. C.C. Thomas
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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. There is noquestion of the malignancy of the lefttemple, described in a footnote. We believe this case teaches us that the - Fourteen months have now elapsed since the patient wastreated and he remains perfectly well. No evidence of recurrenceis present, and the sight is perfect. Washington. D.C., Sept. 27-30. 1921. 338 Report of Case of Epithelioma of the Cornea cornea is more resistant to the rays ofradium than are the surrounding struc-tures. How many cases have you seen ofmarked corneal irritation? In New and Benedicts report,1 theysay, It is desirable that the cornea shallbe protected in treating lesions of the lidin order to prevent a severe reaction, but description: Although not as rare as truecarcinoma, corneal epithelioma is a mostunusual neoplasm. Primary epithelioma ofthe cornea is probably unknown. It occursas an extension from the iimbus where theconjunctival epithelium changes into cor-neal. The dense fibrous tissue of the corneadoes not readilv become infiltrated and
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Pictures made four months after application, showicornea. Speculum in place shows method c we have not seen any serious effects on thecornea from the use of radium. For thiswe have used a screen of lead 2 mm.thick. Their technique is by cocainizingthe eye, having the radium placed in a leadapplicator for protection to the nurse,who holds the radium in place fifteen totwentj minutes, in direct contact with thelesion; an area of the radium is exposed ofthe size of the lesion to be treated. The American Encyclopedia of Oph-thalmology gives the following brief iil; absolutely no evidence of the epithelioma of the f holding the lids apart during treatment. therefore resists the invasion to a markeddegree. Reports of seven cases are to befound in ophthalmic literature, made bythe following observers: Snellen, Stellwag,Colsmann, Galezowski, Bossalino, La-grange, and Treacher Collins. Of thisneoplasm Parsons says: The cases, there-fore, of true corneal epitheliomata areextremely rare, and are

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