The role of orbital computed tomography (CT) in the management of retinoblastoma is reviewed. All 21 patients with retinoblastoma studied with high-resolution computed tomography had intraocular calcification demonstrable in at least one eye. 83% of tumours showed evidence of calcification on CT scan. The degree of calcification appeared to depend on tumour size; only small tumours were devoid ...

Ocular Oncology Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India Email: [email protected] Abstract : Retinoblastoma is the most common malignant intraocular tumor of childhood, with an incidence of 1 in 16,000 to 18,000 live births. The most common symptoms of retinoblastoma are leukocoria and strabismus. The diagnosis of retinoblastoma is delayed in the developing countr...

background: retinoblastoma is the most common embryonic tumor of retina of children. this tumor include 3-4% of all children malignancies during the age range 0-14 years. in this study, we reported the incidence, therapeutic protocols, and treatment outcome of children with rb in south west iran. methods: we retrospectively investigated the medical reports clinical and pathological features of ...

PURPOSE To report a case of Coats' disease in which spontaneous reattachment occurred after total retinal detachment. PATIENT AND METHODS A young boy (patient age: 4 years and 11 months) presented with leukocoria in the left eye. Slit-lamp examination revealed total retinal detachment with abnormal retinal blood vessels and subretinal exudation just behind the lens. Computed tomography imagin...

A four-year-old boy was seen in the Eye Department at the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich, because his parents had noticed that his right pupil appeared white. The diagnosis of toxocaral endophthalmitis was later made. The pathogenesis and management of infestation by Toxocara species are described.

Leukocoria in infants is always a danger signal as retinoblastoma, a malignant retinal tumor, is responsible for half of the cases in this age group. More common signs should also be considered suspicious until proved otherwise, such as strabismus, the second most frequent sign of retinoblastoma. Less frequent manifestations are inflammatory conditions resistant to treatment, hypopyon, orbital ...

Bridging the Language Barrier in Health Awareness Awareness of diseases inAfrican communities frequently correlates with the outward manifestation of the disease process. In ophthalmology, the leukokoria of cataract has given rise to several local terms for this cause of blindness. The secondmost commoncauseof blindness in these communities1,2 unfortunately does not have any observable signs to...

BACKGROUND Retinoblastoma is a rare type of cancer that usually develops in early childhood. If left untreated it can cause blindness and even death. The aim of this study is to determine sociodemographic and clinical features of retinoblastoma patients and also to determine the treatment pattern and outcome in Malaysia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data for this study were retrieved from the Retino...

PURPOSE Few estimates of the survival rates ofwas retinoblastoma have been reported from the Asia region. In this study, we aim to describe the survival and clinical characteristics of 96 retinoblastoma cases treated at Chang Gung Medical Center, Taipei, between 1978 and 2000. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the clinical records of 96 children (116 eyes) diagnosed with retinoblastoma and ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical manifestations and results of current treatment for patients with retinoblastoma (Rb) in a tertiary care eye hospital in the north west of Pakistan. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from January 2006 and December 2009. METHODOLOGY The data of 139 patients diagnosed as having retinob...