Open AccessRetinoblastoma; bone marrow infiltration - A study of 30 cases
Author(s) -
Irfan Khurshid,
Samieem,
Faiza Bashir,
Ayyaz Lone,
Nazia Aslam,
Abdul Hayee,
I A Naveed
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of king edward medical university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2079-7192
pISSN - 2079-0694
DOI - 10.21649/akemu.v10i2.1205
Subject(s) - medicine , retinoblastoma , bone marrow , presentation (obstetrics) , male to female , hematology , infiltration (hvac) , peripheral blood , surgery , retrospective cohort study , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , gene , thermodynamics
Thirty patients of Retinoblastoma presenting in the Haematology Department of King Edward Medical College, Lahore were included in the study to find out the bone marrow involvement. The patients underwent bone marrow aspiration and peripheral blood examination was also done. The aspirates were screened for the presence of tumor cells. Of the patients studied 21(70%) were males while 9(30%) were females giving a male to female ratio of 2.8:1. Maximum number of patients were in the 2-3years age group. Twenty seven patients had unilateral Retinoblastomas while three patients had bilateral disease at presentation. The bone marrow of three patients showed presence of tumor cells.