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香港糖尿病患者眼底黑色腫塊確診眼內惡性黑色素瘤 赴台接受質子治療保視力
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香港糖尿病患者眼底黑色腫塊確診眼內惡性黑色素瘤 赴台接受質子治療保視力

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香港40歲糖尿病患者陳先生在眼底篩檢中發現黑色腫塊,經追蹤確診早期眼內惡性黑色素瘤,赴台長庚醫院接受質子治療後腫瘤消失、視力保留,生活恢復正常。長庚眼腫瘤中心主任周宏達指出此類腫瘤在亞洲罕見、早期無症狀,建議民眾1至2年做一次眼睛健檢。

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眼內惡性黑色素瘤是成人最常見的原發眼內惡性腫瘤,但在亞洲發生率僅為歐美的十分之一,台灣每年僅5至15例,早期幾乎無症狀,易被忽視。

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〔記者林志怡/台北報導〕香港糕點師傅陳先生2年前接受糖尿病眼底篩檢,發現眼底有黑色腫塊,經追蹤確診早期眼內惡性黑色素瘤,考慮後跨海來台、在長庚醫院接受質子治療,消除腫瘤活性、成功保下視力,生活已恢復正常。林口長庚眼腫瘤中心主任周宏達也建議,民眾1到2年就要做一次眼睛健檢,以利及早發現異常。

40歲的陳先生在香港接受糖尿病眼底篩檢時,發現眼底有黑色腫塊,雖醫師判斷是良性眼內痣,但建議陳先生密切追蹤,後續回診竟發現腫瘤發生變化,陳先生也因此在醫療團隊建議下來台求診,經檢查確診眼內惡性黑色素瘤。

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陳先生說,他從來沒想過眼底會長痣,更沒想過會演變成嚴重的腫瘤,雖長庚醫療團隊建議他盡快接受治療,但他擔心視力改變,不只工作受影響,喜歡自駕的他可能再也不能開車出遊,考慮2個月後才來台接受質子治療,5天治療過程中沒有什麼特別感覺,治療後視力也沒有變化,生活已重回正軌。

林口長庚眼腫瘤中心主任周宏達說,「黑色素惡性瘤」是成人最常見的原發眼內惡性腫瘤,但在各類癌症中仍屬罕見,亞洲發生率更僅有歐美的10分之1,以台灣來說,一年也僅有5至15名病人,也因為患者數量少,能夠提供治療的醫療團隊較難發展,亞洲病人很容易淪為「孤兒病患」。

周宏達表示,眼內惡性黑色素瘤具有高致死率,約5成患者因腫瘤轉移死亡,但早期幾乎沒有症狀,或以飛蚊症、閃光、線條扭曲變形等無特異性的症狀表現,患者很難早期警覺並就醫,亞洲個案確診時,腫瘤尺寸約比歐美大1.5倍,治療難度更高,且多在46歲的壯年階段確診,對家庭衝擊不容小覷。

針對眼內惡性黑色素瘤治療,周宏達說,早年會以眼球摘除方式移除腫瘤,但此一做法對患者外觀及心理有巨大影響,視力更無保留可能性,近年來治療已轉向放射治療,其中質子治療因具有放射劑量抵達目標後立即衰退的特性,可降低對周邊正常組織的傷害,是精準治療的一大利器。

周宏達指出,在臨床治療選擇上,醫師希望除了保住病人的生命,還能保留眼球與視力,同時也會依據腫瘤大小、位置與病人期待,和患者討論最適合的治療方式,陳先生發現腫瘤並就醫時還處於非常早期,腫瘤厚度僅2毫米、寬度5毫米,因此預後相當良好。

對於台灣眼腫瘤治療現況,周宏達指出,針對成人族群,健保已給付放射治療,但質子治療因設備要求較高,仍屬於自費項目,兒童眼腫瘤質子治療則可獲得健保全額給付,長庚醫院近期也有一位兒童眼腫瘤個案,已成功接受質子治療。

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  • 質子治療在台灣的費用是多少?
  • 香港的糖尿病眼底篩檢機制是否足以早期發生眼腫瘤?

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