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Cureus
October 2024
Clinical Ophthalmology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York City, USA.
Retinocytomas are benign tumors that arise from mutations in the gene. Previous research describes the appearance of retinocytomas as that of treated retinoblastoma (Rb) lesions, with characteristics such as chorioretinal atrophy, calcification, and a lack of necrosis or mitotic activity on histopathology. We present the unusual case of an asymptomatic seven-year-old girl with two independent translucent masses in the peripheral retina of the right eye (OD) and extensive intraretinal tumor and vitreous seeds.
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March 2024
AlBahar Ophthalmology Center, Ibn Sina Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait.
Background: To report the first series of retinoblastoma (RB) cases that were managed locally in Kuwait by the retinoblastoma team that was established during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Results: Six cases with RB were included in this study. The ages ranged from 3 months to 2 years with a male to female ratio of 2:1.
Neuroophthalmology
May 2022
Neuro-ophthalmology Division, The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.
We describe a child from a consanguineous family born with a rare autosomal recessive disorder affecting causing profound neurological and ophthalmological injury known as haemorrhagic brain destruction, subependymal calcifications, and congenital cataracts (HDBSCC; MIM# 613730). She was the product of an unremarkable pregnancy and was born near to term but was noted shortly after birth to have congenital cataracts, poor vision, increased muscle tone, seizures, and developmental delay. Her older sister had an identical syndrome and had previously been documented to have homozygous mutations in .
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October 2022
Retinal Disorders and Ophthalmic Genetics Division, Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Purpose: To determine if increasing drusen height correlates with predictive optical coherence tomography (OCT) biomarkers of atrophy.
Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional study that enrolled patients with drusen associated with intermediate AMD. Macular drusen were classified as small, intermediate, large, or very large based on OCT quartile measurement of height.
GMS Ophthalmol Cases
May 2022
Ophthalmology Department, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Introduction: To report a sporadic astrocytic hamartoma simulating retinoblastoma in a newborn.
Methods: Clinical data was reviewed retrospectively.
Results: A 3-month-old baby with a history of perinatal asphyxia was referred to our ocular oncology clinic with suspected retinoblastoma in the left eye.
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