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...

Objective To report various intraocular conditions that mimic retinoblastoma. Methods A review was conducted of eyeballs enucleated for suspected retinoblastoma between 2003 and 2007, and referred for histopathological confirmation. The slides of cases not histopathologically consistent with the diagnosis of retinoblastoma were reexamined. Clinical records and results of neuroimaging studies we...