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INTRAOCULAR PSEUDOTUMOURS IN DENMARK
Author(s) -
JENSEN O. A.,
KLEENER J.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1971.tb05942.x
Subject(s) - medicine , retinoblastoma , lesion , dermatology , population , disease , radiology , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry , environmental health , gene
A histopathological series of 45 children with intraocular pseudotumours in Denmark from 1942 to 1966 was studied. The number of eyes examined was 50. The average population was 4.1 million. A clinical and histopathological correlation between these cases and a previously published series of 69 patients with retinoblastomas was undertaken. In about two‐thirds of the total material, the clinical diagnosis was retinoblastoma, and in the remainder a pseudotumour. In the first of these groups, just under half were cases of Coats's disease, which was also the most frequent lesion in the total material. Next in frequency were inflammatory lesions and malformations. Various clinical and histopathological aspects such as sex and age, location, past history, general condition, signs and symptoms are analysed indicative of the benign lesions or the malignant tumour. It is concluded that it is the sum of many parameters and the experience of the clinician which may determine the correct diagnosis, and that it is always wise to enucleate a useless eye. The omnibus item, pseudotumour, should be replaced to the greatest possible extent by a pathogenetical diagnosis.