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Introduction: Malignant melanoma of the ciliary body (corpus ciliare) represents 10 to 15 percent of tumors of the uveal tract. The aim of the work is to evaluate the effectiveness of stereotactic radiosurgery performed on LINAC linear accelerator and the occurrence of postoperative complications. Material and methods: Retrospective analysis of patients with ciliary body melanoma treated with ster...

Introduction: Lymphoma is a malignant disease that can affect several structures of the orbit and eye adnexa. In the area of orbit the non-Hodgkin‘s lymphoma (NHL) is typical, which may be indolent or aggressive. Indolent subtypes include MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue), follicular lymphoma (FL), lymphoplasmocytic lymphoma (LPL). Conversely, subtypes such as diffuse large cell lymphoma (D...

Introduction: Orbital meningioma treatment has achieved significant success over the last period. Primary optic nerve sheath meningiomas by the clinically progressive finding, but still persistent sufficient visual acuity, can be treated by fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy. Surgery is indicated for secondary meningiomas of the orbit. Surgical treatment is indicated due to intracranial tumor ...

The incidence of Merkel cell carcinoma has tended to increase worldwide in recent years. Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare tumor of the skin that occurs mainly in the sun exposed sites. The malignant reversal of Merkel cells is currently associated with an infection caused by a Merkel cell polyomavirals. In some cases, the disease may have a relatively inconspicuous clinical picture in the initial p...

Nowadays 3D printing allows us to create physical objects on the basis of digital data. Thanks to its rapid development the use enormously increased in medicine too. Its creations facilitate surgical planning processes, education and research in context of organ transplantation, individualization prostheses, breast forms, and others. Our article describes the wide range of applied 3D printing tech...

Documentation of the anterior segment and the eye fundus with instruments that enable quality precision diagnostics is a common and important part of screening in humanitarian ophthalmology projects. It is the essential element in diagnosis, monitoring and management of eye diseases. In sub saharan countries within the screening for ophthalmologist are not available the modern technologies such as...

INTRODUCTION: The etiology of papilloma formation is multifactorial. There is a strong association between human papillomavirus (HPV) and the development of these conjunctival lesions. HPV is tumorigenic and commonly produces benign tumors with low malignant potential. Papillomas rarely go through malignant transformation. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective study of patients with a diagnosis of c...

Introduction: Nowadays radiotherapy is the standard treatment care for patients with uveal melanoma. In Slovakia the only one option is a one-day session stereotactic radiosurgery at linear accelerator LINAC. Irradiation of surrounding tissues of the eye and orbit causes radiation complications. One of the most serious and vision-threatening is the radiation retinopathy, which divides into maculop...

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatic disease in children and uveitis is its most important extra-articular manifestation. Evidence-based recommendations are available only to a limited extent and therefore JIA associated uveitis management is mostly based on physicians’ experience. Consequently, treatment practices differ widely, both nationally and internationally. The...

Purpose: Enucleation of the eyeball for any reason other than malignant tumour is very rare today. Solitary intrabulbar neurofibroma without other signs of neurofibromatosis is a rare benign tumour, and only few cases have been published to date. Material and Methods: Within a ten-year interval from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2016 we analysed enucleation of the eyeball for reasons other than ma...

Subjective and objective symptoms following intraocular lymphoma could lead to a misdiagnosing at the beginning of disease what is the cause for delay of an effective treatment. The most common manifestation of lymphoma is an inflammatory disease affecting uvea. A multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis is required. Suspicion based on the ophthalmologic examinations has to be verified by histo...

Introduction: Amniotic membrane is the innermost part of the fetal and packaging for its exceptional qualities likes to be used in treating many ocular pathologies. Amniotic membrane has improved the ability to treat ocular surface disease. It has unique features like support conjunctival and corneal epithelialization. Material and methods: Retrospective analysis of group patients who underwent am...

Objective: The authors evaluate a group of patients with malignant uveal melanoma treated with stereotactic radiosurgery in the year. 2009–2011 on a linear accelerator LINAC. Material and methods: In 2009–2011 were followed 40 patients with malignant melanoma of the uvea in stage T2 and T3 treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (LINAC), the therapeutic dose of 35,0 Gy TD, TD max 42,0 Gy. We evalua...

Aim: Diagnosis and treatment of tumors of the eye is extremely difficul; surgical treatment in advanced stages, when the tumor grows in the orbit, leads to extensive radical surgery of the face. The extent and nature of surgical procedures depends on the nature of the tumor process, in advanced stages is indicated mutilating surgery – exenteration of the orbit. Exenteration of the orbit due to the...

Aim: Primary treatment of basal cell carcinoma of the lower eyelid and the inner corner is essentially surgical, but advanced lesions require extensive surgical interventions. In some cases it is necessary to continue with the mutilating surgery - exenteration of the orbit. In this work we evaluate the indications of radical solutions in patients with basal cell carcinoma invading the orbit and th...

Aim: Non-melanoma skin cancer cases in the European population are increasing. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common non-melanoma skin cancer of the eyelids and in the inner corner of the eyelid. Due to the latest statistics compiled and published in 2008 in the Slovak Republic (SR) there were registered 5,173 cases of non-melanoma skin cancer (C44 according to ICD-10) in both sexes togeth...