Dr Finger on: How to Differentiate a Suspicious Choroidal Nevus from a Small Choroidal Melanoma! скачать в хорошем качестве

Dr Finger on: How to Differentiate a Suspicious Choroidal Nevus from a Small Choroidal Melanoma!

Few eye cancer specialists find it difficult to diagnose medium or large choroidal melanomas. Once they get that large, they typically display unique diagnostic characteristics. In fact, the COMS-study found trained eye cancer specialists had a diagnostic accuracy of more than 99%. However, it is those small tumors that can be difficult. Dr. Finger suggests a simple method to different MOST suspicious choroidal nevi from small choroidal melanomas. Dr. Finger created the mnemonic MOST, where Melanoma = Orange pigment discoloration, Subretinal fluid exudation and a tumor Thickness of 2 or more millimeters (measured by ultrasound imaging). His is an easy to use method to differentiate MOST choroidal nevi from a choroidal melanomas. Visit us at www.eyecancer.com