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Trilateral retinoblastoma: A report of five patients

โœ Scribed by Winfried M. K. Amoaku; Harry E. Willshaw; Sheila E. Parkes; Kishore J. Shah; Jillian R. Mann

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
586 KB
Volume
78
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-543X

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โœฆ Synopsis

BACKGROUND.

Trilateral retinoblastoma is a well recognized. although rare, syndrome. Most of the reported cases have involved a family history of retinoblastoma (KB) and the diseasc is almost always fatal. The authors chose to investigate the cases of trilateral reiinoblastoma occurring in the West Midlands, a region of the llnited Kingdom with an increasing incidence of bilateral sporadic RE. METHODS. Five patients with trilateral retinoblastoma (including two were previously reported), diagnosed in 146 consecutive patients with RE in the West Midlands Health Authority Region between 1957 and 1994, are presented (an incidence of 3%). Their clinical presentation, treatment, and outcome are descrihed.

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