Devron H Char

Summary

Affiliation: The Tumori Foundation
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Fibrous dysplasia
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, 45 Castro Street, Suite 309, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Orbit 29:216-8. 2010
  2. ncbi False negative orbital fine needle biopsy
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Orbit 31:194-6. 2012
  3. ncbi Uveal tumour resection
    D H Char
    The Tumori Eye Foundation, CPMC Davies, Stanford University, CA 94114, USA
    Br J Ophthalmol 85:1213-9. 2001
  4. ncbi Amyloid mass of the ciliary body
    Devron H Char
    Arch Ophthalmol 124:908-10. 2006
  5. ncbi Iris ring melanoma: fine needle biopsy
    D H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, 45 Castro Street, Suite 309, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Br J Ophthalmol 90:420-2. 2006
  6. ncbi Orbital invasion despite topical anti-metabolite therapy for conjunctival carcinoma
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, 45 Castro Street, Suite 309, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 246:459-61. 2008
  7. ncbi Intraocular biopsy
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, 45 Castro Street, Suite 309, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Ophthalmol Clin North Am 18:177-85, x. 2005
  8. ncbi Analysis of melanoma cell type in uveal melanoma following treatment failure
    Devron H Char
    Tumori Foundation, San Francisco, USA
    Am J Ophthalmol 138:543-6. 2004
  9. ncbi Intra-lacrimal gland cavernous hemangioma
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, San Francisco, California, USA
    Orbit 29:354-6. 2010
  10. ncbi Intraocular coccidioidomycosis simulating a neoplasm
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, 45 Castro Street, Suite 309, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Br J Ophthalmol 96:218-9. 2012

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Publications31

  1. ncbi Fibrous dysplasia
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, 45 Castro Street, Suite 309, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Orbit 29:216-8. 2010
    ..An atypical presentation of fibrous dysplasia with a very large cystic component is described. The MR pattern was not diagnostic...
  2. ncbi False negative orbital fine needle biopsy
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Orbit 31:194-6. 2012
    ..The surgeon felt that this diagnosis was possibly inaccurate, and therefore took out the tumor en bloc. This was a mucoepidermoid carcinoma involving the lacrimal gland that had been heavily infiltrated by lymphocytes...
  3. ncbi Uveal tumour resection
    D H Char
    The Tumori Eye Foundation, CPMC Davies, Stanford University, CA 94114, USA
    Br J Ophthalmol 85:1213-9. 2001
    ..To review the ocular retention rates, visual results, and metastases in uveal tumours managed with eye wall resection techniques...
  4. ncbi Amyloid mass of the ciliary body
    Devron H Char
    Arch Ophthalmol 124:908-10. 2006
  5. ncbi Iris ring melanoma: fine needle biopsy
    D H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, 45 Castro Street, Suite 309, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Br J Ophthalmol 90:420-2. 2006
    ..To delineate the diagnostic accuracy of fine needle biopsy in iris ring melanoma and determine the tumour related mortality of this neoplasm...
  6. ncbi Orbital invasion despite topical anti-metabolite therapy for conjunctival carcinoma
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, 45 Castro Street, Suite 309, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 246:459-61. 2008
    ..Two cases of conjunctival carcinoma developed orbital invasion during treatment with topical medication...
  7. ncbi Intraocular biopsy
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, 45 Castro Street, Suite 309, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Ophthalmol Clin North Am 18:177-85, x. 2005
    ..This article discusses the indications for intraocular tumor biopsy, the techniques used for obtaining material, and the approaches for analysis of these specimens...
  8. ncbi Analysis of melanoma cell type in uveal melanoma following treatment failure
    Devron H Char
    Tumori Foundation, San Francisco, USA
    Am J Ophthalmol 138:543-6. 2004
    ..To determine whether an increase (or progression) in the degree of malignancy according to cytologic or histopathologic criteria corresponded with failure of intraocular melanoma control...
  9. ncbi Intra-lacrimal gland cavernous hemangioma
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, San Francisco, California, USA
    Orbit 29:354-6. 2010
    ..Orbital cavernous hemangioma usually has a typical clinical and imagery pattern. We present a patient with an enlarged lacrimal gland due to an intra-gland cavernous hemangioma...
  10. ncbi Intraocular coccidioidomycosis simulating a neoplasm
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, 45 Castro Street, Suite 309, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Br J Ophthalmol 96:218-9. 2012
    ..We reviewed a case report of a 10-year-old girl who was referred with an intraocular tumour. This tumour consisted of a coccidioidomycosis infection in the eye. The eye was blind and painful so it was removed...
  11. ncbi Laser and proton radiation to reduce uveal melanoma-associated exudative retinal detachments
    Devron H Char
    Tumori Foundation CPMC, San Francisco, California, USA
    Am J Ophthalmol 136:180-2. 2003
    ..To assess whether laser-induced hyperthermia with proton irradiation of choroidal melanoma may decrease exudative retinal detachments more rapidly...
  12. ncbi Ocular melanoma
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, CPMC, Davies Campus, 45 Castro Street, Suite 309, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Surg Clin North Am 83:253-74, vii. 2003
    ..The most common eye melanoma involves the uveal tract and is responsible for approximately 13% of melanoma deaths. Uveal melanomas account for 10% of all melanomas...
  13. ncbi Cystic orbital metastasis from endometrial carcinoma
    Devron H Char
    Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    Orbit 26:75-7. 2007
    ..To describe a rare orbital metastasis with atypical presentation...
  14. ncbi Laser and proton radiation to reduce uveal melanoma-associated exudative retinal detachments
    Devron H Char
    Tumori Foundation CPMC, San Francisco, California, USA
    Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 101:53-6; discussion 56-7. 2003
    ..04). At 1 year, visual acuity was similar in both groups. CONCLUSIONS: Combined laser-induced hyperthermia and proton radiation may dissipate exudative detachments more rapidly than radiation alone...
  15. ncbi Late radiation failures after iodine 125 brachytherapy for uveal melanoma compared with charged-particle (proton or helium ion) therapy
    Devron H Char
    Tumori Foundation, San Francisco, California Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94114, USA
    Ophthalmology 109:1850-4. 2002
    ..To evaluate late (more than 5 years) radiation failures after uveal melanoma treatment...
  16. ncbi Uveal melanoma: molecular pattern, clinical features, and radiation response
    Michael C Chappell
    California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
    Am J Ophthalmol 154:227-232.e2. 2012
    ..To characterize the clinical spectrum of class 1 and class 2 uveal melanomas and their relationship with intraocular proton radiation response...
  17. ncbi Metaplastic squamous epithelial downgrowth after clear corneal cataract surgery
    Donald U Stone
    Proctor Foundation, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Am J Ophthalmol 142:695-7. 2006
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  18. ncbi Nondiagnosed uveal melanomas
    Riley Bove
    California Pacific Medical Center, Davies Campus, San Francisco, California, USA
    Ophthalmology 111:554-7. 2004
    ..It is likely that screening efforts for this relatively rare condition are often not efficacious...
  19. ncbi Proton teletherapy of uveal melanoma
    Devron H Char
    Tumori Foundation, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Int Ophthalmol Clin 46:41-9. 2006
  20. ncbi Uveal melanoma prognostication: from lesion size and cell type to molecular class
    Harmeet S Gill
    Division of Oculofacial Plastic and Orbital Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
    Can J Ophthalmol 47:246-53. 2012
    ..To review the evidence for molecular genetic testing of uveal melanoma in the context of prognostic indicators of metastasis and tumour-related mortality...
  21. ncbi Interactive image guidance for surgical localization of orbital apical tumors
    Mitchel Berger
    Department of Neurosurgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Orbit 21:199-203. 2002
    ..These three cases are presented. These interactive image guidance systems have revolutionized skull-base surgery and have a role in the surgical management of orbital apex tumors...
  22. ncbi Orbital meningioma after cranial radiation for acute lymphocytic leukemia
    Devron H Char
    The Tumori Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Orbit 27:321-3. 2008
    ..To describe the ophthalmic findings of cranial radiation-induced orbital meningioma after acute lymphocytic leukemia therapy...
  23. ncbi Loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 3 detected with single nucleotide polymorphisms is superior to monosomy 3 for predicting metastasis in uveal melanoma
    Michael D Onken
    Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
    Clin Cancer Res 13:2923-7. 2007
    ..It is not known whether techniques that identify loss of heterozygosity for chromosome 3 predict metastasis more accurately than those that detect only numerical loss of chromosome 3 (monosomy 3)...
  24. ncbi Expression of neurotrophin receptors by retinoinvasive uveal melanoma
    Tatyana Milman
    The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York City, New York 10003, USA
    Melanoma Res 22:164-8. 2012
    ..This study failed to demonstrate a direct causation between the expression of neurotrophin receptors and a retinoinvasive uveal melanoma growth pattern...
  25. ncbi Eyelid melanoma with negative sentinel lymph node biopsy and perineural spread
    Mary E Turell
    The Tumori Foundation, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
    Arch Ophthalmol 125:983-4. 2007
  26. ncbi Controversy regarding pre-enucleation radiation for uveal melanoma
    Devron H Char
    Arch Ophthalmol 121:1346. 2003
  27. ncbi Prognostic testing in uveal melanoma by transcriptomic profiling of fine needle biopsy specimens
    Michael D Onken
    Box 8096, 660 South Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO 63124, USA
    J Mol Diagn 8:567-73. 2006
    ..This method can be applied to specimens obtained from distant geographic locations and can stratify uveal melanoma patients based on metastatic risk...
  28. ncbi Complications of management in primary acquired melanosis with atypia
    Devron H Char
    Br J Ophthalmol 91:1567-8. 2007
  29. ncbi Mitomycin for pigmented conjunctival lesions
    Devron H Char
    Am J Ophthalmol 139:331-2. 2005
  30. ncbi Monitored anesthesia care
    Devron H Char
    Ophthalmology 111:198-9. 2004
  31. ncbi Transcriptomic versus chromosomal prognostic markers and clinical outcome in uveal melanoma
    Lori A Worley
    Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Clin Cancer Res 13:1466-71. 2007
    ..To compare a gene expression-based classifier versus the standard genetic prognostic marker, monosomy 3, for predicting metastasis in uveal melanoma...