RETINOBLASTOMA IN A 48-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.

Autor: Wells, Jill R., Aaberg Jr, Thomas M., Shields, Carol L., Comer, Grant M., Grossniklaus, Hans E.
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Zdroj: Retinal Cases & Brief Reports; Winter2011, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p22-25, 4p, 4 Color Photographs
Abstrakt: The article describes the case of a 48-year-old woman with floaters in the left eye who developed retinoblastoma. Results of cytologic test of the vitrectomy sample revealed a malignant neoplasm with neuroendocrine differentiation, suspicious for carcinoid tumor. She later developed a macula-off retinal detachment with proliferative vitreoretinopathy. She received systemic chemotherapy of vincristine, carboplatin and etoposide. The article notes that retinoblastoma usually affects children.
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