Publications by authors named "Chantal Bornet Othenin-Girard"
Purpose: To evaluate the various forms of clinical presentation, the potential of growth, the risk of functional loss and the possibility of malignant transformation of optic disk melanocytomas in European patients.
Design: Retrospective observational case control study.
Methods: Evaluation of 37 cases of optic disk melanocytomas identified in the computer files of the ocular oncology unit of Jules Gonin Hospital to determine the clinical presentation of these tumors and the risk of complications.
Objective: Presentation of a large series of patients with metastatic melanoma involving the eye and orbit.
Design: Retrospective clinical study.
Participants: Thirteen cases of metastatic melanoma involving intraocular tissues, 6 cases of metastatic melanoma in the orbit, and 1 case of metastatic melanoma involving both the eye and the orbit, treated in Lausanne between 1986 and 2002, were identified from the computer files of the ocular oncology and orbitopalpebral surgery units of Jules Gonin Hospital.