Visual results and ocular complications following radiotherapy for retinoblastoma
| Autor: | Peter R. Egbert, K Moazed, A. R. Rosenthal, Sarah S. Donaldson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1978 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity genetic structures medicine.medical_treatment Enucleation Visual Acuity Hand motion Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures Eye neoplasm Cataract Retinal Diseases Ophthalmology Optic Nerve Diseases medicine Humans Child Radiation Injuries Radiotherapy Retinoblastoma business.industry Eye Neoplasms Infant Retinal Hemorrhage Light perception medicine.disease eye diseases Surgery Radiation therapy Child Preschool Female sense organs medicine.symptom business Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedure Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 96(10) |
| ISSN: | 0003-9950 |
| Popis: | Between 1956 and 1974, 28 children with retinoblastoma have been irradiated with the linear accelerator at the Stanford University Medical Center. Twenty-seven children (96%) have been cured of their tumor, with follow-up ranging from 2 1/2 to 21 years. In these survivors, 50 eyes were affected. Twelve were treated by primary enucleation and 38 were irradiated. Sixteen of the 38 irradiated eyes (42%) were ultimately enucleated for recurrent tumor, neovascular glaucoma, or inability to observe the tumor through opaque media. Thus, 22 (58%) irradiated eyes were saved. Of these, five eyes had visual acuity of 20/40 or better, five had 20/50 to 20/100, nine had 20/200 to hand motion, and three had light perception or no light perception. Radiation therapy can sterilize the tumor and maintain useful vision in many children with retinoblastoma. |
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