A case of retinoblastoma cured by x-ray radiation.
- Author:
Chang Shoo CHOI
1
;
Jong Won RHEE
;
Yung Hi RHEE
Author Information
1. Chang Shooo Choi Eye Clinic, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Cataract;
Masks;
Recurrence;
Retinoblastoma*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1966;7(2):97-100
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The authors present a case of bilateral retinoblastoma occured in a six months old baby. The right eye, the advanced, was enucleated immediately and the left eye was treated with x-ray radiation giving 5,400r (tumor dose) in four weeks. A cataract developed in five years after the radiation therapy, which masked the pictures of the fundus and was extracted intracapsularily using alpha-chymotripsin. After the surgery, repeated funduscopy revealed no definite signs of recurrence.
