Strabismus as a Presenting Sign in Retinoblastoma.

Purpose: To report the presenting signs of retinoblastoma in a large cohort of patients who underwent orthoptic assessment at presentation.

Methods: A retrospective medical chart review was conducted on 131 patients with retinoblastoma who presented consecutively to a single institution during a 6-year period. The main outcome measure was the presenting sign(s) of the disease.

Cows-feet soup: a rare cause of recurrent trichobezoar.

A 45-year-old Afro-Caribbean woman attended the emergency department with worsening dysphagia, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, shortness of breath and generalised weakness. She enjoyed preparing and eating cows-feet stew and preferred to cook the meat with the hair and skin intact. On admission she had a severe microcytic anaemia and was malnourished.