May 2003
Volume 44, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2003
Malignant Transformation in Two Retinoma Cases
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • A. Mataftsi
    Ophthalmology, Jules Gonin Eye Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • D. Hadjistilianou
    Ophthalmology, Universita degli Studi di Sienna, Sienna, Italy
  • A. Balmer
    Ophthalmology, Universita degli Studi di Sienna, Sienna, Italy
  • L. Zografos
    Ophthalmology, Universita degli Studi di Sienna, Sienna, Italy
  • F.L. Munier
    Ophthalmology, Universita degli Studi di Sienna, Sienna, Italy
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  A. Mataftsi, None; D. Hadjistilianou, None; A. Balmer, None; L. Zografos, None; F.L. Munier, None.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2003, Vol.44, 4984. doi:
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      A. Mataftsi, D. Hadjistilianou, A. Balmer, L. Zografos, F.L. Munier; Malignant Transformation in Two Retinoma Cases . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2003;44(13):4984.

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Abstract

Abstract: : Purpose: To describe spontaneous malignant transformation in two retinoma patients. Methods: Prospective follow-up of 2 patients with sporadic unifocal retinoma was performed by monthly examination under narcosis. Retinal tumors were documented both by photography (Retcam) and b-mode ultrasonography. Results: Age at diagnosis was 22 months in a girl presenting with leucocoria and strabismus of the right eye (case 1), and 14 months in a boy with leucocoria of the right eye (case 2). Neither of them had received previous treatment. Both tumors were consistent with a type III regression pattern, with a macular epicenter. First evidence of growth occurred 11 months and 13 months after diagnosis in case 1 and 2 respectively. Growth rate of these 2 tumors was estimated. Conservative treatment was initiated in both cases. Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge this report is the first to document in vivo the birth of retinoblastoma arising from a premalignant tumor. Such a secondary tumorigenesis would imply at least 3 mutational events to occur, which is in contrast with the 2 mutations responsible for retinoblast transformation.

Keywords: retinoblastoma • oncology • tumors 
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