Purpose: To document the incidence of skeletal metastases exclusively in advanced cases of retinoblastoma and to rationalize the use of preoperative skeletal scintigraphy in such patients.
Material And Methods: Preoperative bone scans of 36 consecutive patients with advanced retinoblastoma who underwent skeletal scintigraphy during 1998 to 2003 were analyzed retrospectively. Bone scans were classified as: Grade 1 (high probability scan for skeletal metastases), Grade 2 (equivocal malignant or benign abnormalities), or Grade 3 (normal or certainly benign lesions).
Results: Grade 1 scan was found in 3 (8.33%) patients; bone metastases were confirmed by additional investigations. Grade 2 scan was found in 5 (13.88%) patients; bone metastases were excluded in all by additional investigations. Grade 3 scan was found in the remaining 28 (77.77%) patients. Extraorbital extension of disease was demonstrated by fine needle aspiration of lymph nodes in five patients, which included all three patients with Grade 1 scan. In addition to lymph node metastases, two patients had intracranial extension of the disease; demonstrated by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the head. One patient had liver metastases detected on abdominal ultrasound. None of the patients had skeletal metastases only.
Conclusion: Routine preoperative bone scan is not justified in patients with locally advanced retinoblastoma. Bone scan should only be performed in patients with documented extraocular metastatic disease.
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