Open AccessA rare case of adult onset retinoblastoma
Author(s) -
Sunil Kumar Singh,
Dipankar Das,
Harsha Bhattacharjee,
Jyotirmay Biswas,
Ganesh Chandra Kuri,
Kasturi Bhattacharjee,
Hemlata Deka,
Anil Deka
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
oman journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 0974-7842
pISSN - 0974-620X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-620x.77659
Subject(s) - retinoblastoma , medicine , enucleation , eye enucleation , calcification , etiology , lesion , coats' disease , surgery , ophthalmology , radiology , pathology , retinal , gene , biochemistry , chemistry
Retinoblastoma usually manifests before five years of age. Retinoblastoma in an adult is extremely rare. Twenty-three cases of retinoblastoma in adults 20 years or older have been reported in world literature. We report a case of adult onset retinoblastoma in a 29-year-old female. Our patient had unilateral endophytic retinoblastoma with vitreous seeds and calcification on ultrasonography. She underwent enucleation with silicone ball implantation and the diagnosis was confirmed histopathologically. The diagnosis of retinoblastoma should be kept in mind in cases presenting with a white mass lesion of unknown etiology, in the fundus of an adult.