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Answer to Case of the Week: Feb 19-Feb 26, 2009
3 year old with leukocoria

 


Calcified intraocular mass.
Diagnosis: RETINOBLASTOMA

Unilateral-70-75%.

Bilateral- 25-40%.

Trilateral-Bilateral and pineal.

Quadrilateral-Bilateral,pineal and suprasellar tumor.

5-15%- familial.

On MR T2W1-hypointense relative to vitreous.

Retinoblastoma gene on chromosome 13 at q14 locus.

 

Differntial Diagnosis for leukocoria;

Coat disease

Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous ( PHPV )

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VCU Resident
  		• Arash Chehrazi
  		• Kenny Uy
  		• Aaron Nordgren
  		• Jeremy Camden
  		• Karen Gerlach
    Others
  		• JOSE L MARISCALMexico
  		• Mahmoud MostafaKuwait
  		• JAMAL ABAZIDSyrian Arab Republic
  		• NADEEM AHMEDIndia
  		• Neil PatelUnited States of America
  		• Bhaskar M VIndia
  		• Nita ChaudhariSaudi Arabia
  		• Anusuya DeviIndia
  		• Zhang JiChina
  		• Namrata KalamkarIndia
  		• Vidula GodhamgaonkarUnited Kingdom
    Disclaimer: This information is intended solely for resident review of presented cases which may or may not be pathologically proven. Information is derived from a number of published sources of varying reliability and does not represent original research from the institution. It is not intended to be comprehensive and should therefore not substitute for careful review of the literature.