FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, specifically to ophthalmology. To predict the course of the initial choroidal melanoma, before the treatment, optical coherence tomography is performed, the area and volume of exudate over the tumor are determined. With an exudate volume of more than 65.7 mm3 and area – more than 5.26 mm2 a heavy course id predicted.
EFFECT: method allows to predict the course of the initial choroidal melanoma in the early stages of the disease by identifying specific parameters that affect the course of the disease, for planning an adequate organ preservation treatment.
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