Retinoblastoma: report of a case with minimal retinal involvement but massive anterior segment spread.
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The case is described of a unilateral retinoblastoma in a 7-year-old girl which was initially misdiagnosed because of massive anterior segment involvement in the apparent absence of a retinal lesion. Only on histopathological examination of the enucleated eye was the presence of retinal tumour established, this being confined to two minute foci at the extreme periphery.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 71 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987