Clinical Analysis of Retinoblastoma.

Lee, Tai Won; Yang, Sung Wook; Kim, Byeong Hee

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1995;36(12):2162-2171.
Published online December 1, 1995.

Clinical Analysis of Retinoblastoma.

Tai Won Lee, Sung Wook Yang, Byeong Hee Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, KCCH, Seoul, Korea.

망막모세포종의 임상분석

이태원(Tai Won Lee),양성욱(Sung Wook Yang),김병희(Byeong Hee Kim)

Abstract

We analyzed retrospectively 58 patinets of retinoblastoma for the first, ocular symptoms, gender, family history, funduscopic findings, treatment modalities and results from 1987 to 1993. Fourteen patients were bilateral, forth-four were unilateral, and seventy-two eyes were affected in sum. The average of age of the patients was 25.6 months. Their first ocular symptoms were leukocoria, squint and etc. Three patients were suspected as familial type of retinoblastoma. We claasified the patients according to the affected degree of the retina;over three-fourths of the retina was affected in 34 eyes. We treated them with enucleation, radiation, chemotherapy, episcleral plaque radiotherapy, laser photocoagulation and cryotherapy. After these treatments, orbital recurrence was observed in one case and among the ten eyes treated with eye-conserving treatments, nine eyes are maintained with periodic examination under general anesthesia and the treatment of laser photocoagulation and cryotherapy until now.

Key Words: Retinoblastoma