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Melis Palamar, MD; Cesare Pirondini, MD; Carol L. Shields, MD; Jerry A. Shields, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2008;126(11):1598-1600.

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Retinoblastoma is an important, life-threatening intraocular malignancy of childhood and it is recognized by classic ophthalmoscopic features. Generally, retinoblastoma appears as a dome-shaped, solid white retinal mass with prominent intrinsic and feeder vessels.¹ Rarely, it manifests with ophthalmoscopically visible cavities within the tumor.^1-2 The few previous reports on cavitary retinoblastoma have described its relative chemoresistant and radioresistant features.^2-3 In this report, we describe the ultrasonographic and fluorescein angiographic features of cavitary retinoblastoma.

Report of Cases

The 3 cases are listed in the Table and described in this section.

Table appears in full text version. Table. Clinical and Imaging Features of 3 Cases of Cavitary Retinoblastoma

Case 1

A 24-month-old girl with bilateral retinoblastoma manifested a retinoblastoma in her right eye classified as group C according to the International Classification of Retinoblastoma.⁴ The tumor measured 9.0 x 8.0 mm in diameter and 5.0 mm in thickness and displayed . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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