Open AccessBilateral retinoblastoma presenting as metastases to forearm bones four years after the initial treatment
Author(s) -
Manohar Kuruva,
Bhagwant Rai Mittal,
Raghava Kashyap,
Anish Bhattacharya,
Ram Kumar Marwaha
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.90268
Subject(s) - medicine , retinoblastoma , forearm , skull , surgery , radiology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Osseous metastases from retinoblastoma, the most common ocular malignant neoplasm of childhood, are reported most commonly in the skull and long bones. However, metastases to forearm bones are very rare. Here we present a case of bilateral retinoblastoma with metastases to right forearm bones four years after the initial treatment.