Open AccessRETINAL DYSPLASIA: A REPORT OF TWO SURGICAL CASES
Author(s) -
Kaku Tamehiro,
Sasai Kazuhiko,
Nagamine Yoshiaki,
Takahashi Manabu
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1975.tb03262.x
Subject(s) - retinal , abnormality , retina , dysplasia , retinoblastoma , anatomy , medicine , pathology , retinal detachment , ophthalmology , biology , biochemistry , neuroscience , psychiatry , gene
Two surgical cases of retinal dysplasia are reported. The one is unilateral (left‐sided) with microphthalmus and the other bilateral. Chromosome test in the latter case showed no abnormality. In both cases the left eye was enucleated under the clinical diagnosis of retinoblastoma. There was a mass of loose connective tissue behind the lens which was covered by a completely detached retina. Histological examination revealed the presence of branching tubes of primitive retinal structure and large rosettes. The use of the term retinal dysplasia in distinction from Reese's syndrome is mentioned and some morphological characteristics of primitive retinal structure are described.