Tele-Oncology: A Validation Study of Choroidal and Iris Nevi.

Choroidal nevus Iris nevus Ocular oncology Telemedicine

Journal

Ocular oncology and pathology
ISSN: 2296-4681
Titre abrégé: Ocul Oncol Pathol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101656139

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2019
Historique:
received: 27 06 2018
accepted: 30 10 2018
entrez: 2 8 2019
pubmed: 2 8 2019
medline: 2 8 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

To evaluate teleophthalmological assessment of choroidal and iris nevi (tele-oncology) compared to traditional in-person clinical evaluation for detection of either axial or basal growth. This is a validation study. All 97 eyes of 99 patients were evaluated with an in-person ocular oncology visit utilizing standard testing, and subsequently had a tele-oncology evaluation with the standardized tests. The tele-oncology reviewer was blinded to the in-person examination findings. The primary study outcome was detection of nevus growth on tele-oncology compared to in-person clinical examination. Patients had a mean age of 61 years and the majority had nevi located in the choroid ( The results of this study suggest that tele-oncology is a safe platform for monitoring choroidal and iris nevi for growth, with excellent sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND/AIMS OBJECTIVE
To evaluate teleophthalmological assessment of choroidal and iris nevi (tele-oncology) compared to traditional in-person clinical evaluation for detection of either axial or basal growth.
METHODS METHODS
This is a validation study. All 97 eyes of 99 patients were evaluated with an in-person ocular oncology visit utilizing standard testing, and subsequently had a tele-oncology evaluation with the standardized tests. The tele-oncology reviewer was blinded to the in-person examination findings. The primary study outcome was detection of nevus growth on tele-oncology compared to in-person clinical examination.
RESULTS RESULTS
Patients had a mean age of 61 years and the majority had nevi located in the choroid (
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
The results of this study suggest that tele-oncology is a safe platform for monitoring choroidal and iris nevi for growth, with excellent sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31367594
doi: 10.1159/000494977
pii: oop-0005-0298
pmc: PMC6615321
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

298-302

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

No funding was received for this study. None of the authors have any financial disclosures to make or proprietary interests/conflicts of interest to declare.

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Auteurs

Kelsey Roelofs (K)

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Ezekiel Weis (E)

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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