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SPONTANEOUS REGRESSION OF A RETINOBLASTOMA
Author(s) -
BRODWALL JON
Publication year - 1981
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.1755-3768.1981.tb03009.x
Subject(s) - retinoblastoma , medicine , retinal , ophthalmology , eye neoplasm , optometry , pathology , biology , genetics , gene
A case of bilateral retinoblastoma is reported. The eye most affected was removed and the diagnosis was histologically verified. In the remaining eye, which was left untreated, the tumour has regressed spontaneously. The retinal characteristics have not changed throughout 44 years of observation.