Abstract
Purpose:
To evaluate the prevalence of high-risk factors in primary enucleated eyes with retinoblastoma diagnostic at UNIFESP/GRAAC from 2007 to 2013
Methods:
Observational , retrospective study of consecutive pacients submbitted to primary enucleation at UNIFESP/GRAAC with anatomopathological diagnostic of Retiblastoma from 2007 to 2013 . The histopathological features of the enucleated specimen were reviewed after obtaining approval from the institutional review board . High-risk histopathologic features for metastatic disease were defined as the presence of 1 or more of the following : an área of massive posterior uveal invasion >or = 3 mm , post-laminar optic nerve invasion , or a combination of any nonmassive choroidal invasion with any degree of nonretrolaminar optic nerve invasion .The association between the presence of high-risk histopathological features and intraocular grouping (ICRB-international classification of retinoblastoma) , laterality , and tumor differentiation was analyzed with fisher's exact test .
Results:
Of 45 eyes , 5 (11.1%) were classified as group D and 40 as E (ICRB). High-risk retinoblastoma were identified in 26 eyes (57.7%), all in Group E. Sample ages ranged from 0,5 to 85 months , median 24 months . There were choroid massive invasion in 19 eyes (42.2%) , post-laminar invasion in 11(24.4%) , and the combination of any nonmassive choroidal invasion with any degree of nonretrolaminar optic nerve invasion in 2 (4.4%). The only statistically significant association was between presence of high-risk factor and IRCB grouping (P=0.0095). Neither tumor differentiation or lateralitty showed statistically significant association with high-risk factors .
Conclusions:
About half of the primary enucleated patients in our service needed adjuvant systemic chemotherapy to prevent metastatic disease. The ICRB had strong association predicting high-risk histopathologic features of retinoblastoma. Neither tumor differentiation or lateralitty showed statistically significant association with high-risk factors .
Keywords: 703 retinoblastoma •
464 clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: risk factor assessment •
744 tumors