PURPOSE To establish the frequency of infantile cataract in the Low Vision Service of São Geraldo Hospital (HSG-HCUFMG) and to analyze basis of history, ophthalmologic examination and optical prescription in these patients. METHODS Retrospective study of infantile cataract recorded in the Low Vision Service from January/1992 to December/2002. Age, sex, race, age at the first evidence of leuko...

BACKGROUND/AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the potential correlation between clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with retinoblastoma (Rb). MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study included 314 Rb patients. Clinical data including laterality of eyes, sex, age, presenting signs, lag time, and survival were recorded and analyzed. RESULTS Leukocoria is the most...

PURPOSE To describe the experience of the Ophthalmology Department of Hospital São João (HSJ), a tertiary health care center in North Region, Portugal, in terms of the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of retinoblastoma. METHODS This was a retrospective study of patients diagnosed with retinoblastoma in Hospital São João, between 1978 and 2012. RESULTS Fifty patients with retinoblastoma w...

purpose : to report two cases of retinoblastomas detected by “white pupillary reflex” end-gaze leukocoria via flash photographs reported by parents case reports : retinoblastoma, a malignant ocular tumor, can be manifested by leukocoria. herein, we report two cases, a 4-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, presented with the parents' chief complaint of end-gaze leukocoria. in further evalua...

retinoblastoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in childhood. enucleation remains the treatment of choice in many children because the eye can not be salvaged with any other treatment modality. in some cases after enucleation etiologies other than retinoblastoma are detected in histopathologic review (pseudoretinoblastomas). this study aims to evaluate the prevalence and etiolo...

here we report the case of a 1.5-year-old iraqi boy who was referred for chemotherapy after left eye enucleation. the patient had a history of left eye leukocoria since 2 months of age. according to history, physical examination and paraclinical work up, he was first diagnosed as a case of retinoblastoma by an ophthalmologist. however, the pathology report favored embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. in...

PURPOSE To report a bilateral leukocoria case in a patient suffering from afibrinogenemia. METHODS An observational case where congenital afibrinogenemia was presented with bilateral retinal and vitreous hemorrhages that proceeded to vitreoretinal surgery was presented. In addition, complete ophthalmic and radiological examinations and vitreoretinal surgery were performed. RESULTS Right eye...

Retinoblastoma is a rare kind of cancer, typically designated as leukocoria (white-eye pupillary reflex) that rapidly develops from the immature cells of a retina, the light-detecting tissue of the eye. It is the most common malignant cancer of the eye in young children. Early detection of leukocoria can improve the overall treatment duration.There is intensification in interest for setting up ...

retinoblastoma is a retinal malignant tumor that occurs in early childhood. the annual incidence of retinoblastoma is approximately one per 14 000 live births. 250 to 300 new cases are reported in the united states each year. it develops due to inactivation of both alleles of the retinoblastoma susceptibility (rb1) gene. all hereditary cases (55%) are with bilateral and multifocal lesions, but ...