Arch Ophtalmol (Paris). 1977;37(10):629-40.

[Considerations of malignant ocular tumours in children (author's transl)].

Archives d'ophtalmologie

[Article in French]
T Schwartzenberg, P P Vancea, G Dobrescu

PMID: 146473

Abstract

The authors undertake a clinico-anatomical study of 27 malignant tumours of the orbit and eye in children seen at the Ophthalmological Clinic in Jassy over the last 12 years. The majority (18 cases) were intra-ocular tumours which were clinically and anatomically retinoblastomas. After presenting the clinical symptoms, drawing attention to the signs of the disease presenting to paediatricians, the treatment is described. This was surgical in all cases followed by radiotherapy according to the case. Analysis of fatal cases and those which survived demonstrate certain degrees of seriousness in clinical, histopathological and therapeutic aspects. It can be appreciated that the long-term prognosis of these cases depends on the early diagnosis and the institution of the correct treatment as well as the anatomopathological form.

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MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Age Factors
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Eye Neoplasms / pathology
• Eye Neoplasms / surgery
• Humans
• Infant
• Infant, Newborn
• Orbital Neoplasms / pathology
• Orbital Neoplasms / surgery
• Prognosis
• Retinoblastoma / pathology
• Retinoblastoma / surgery
• Retrospective Studies
• Romania
• Time Factors

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• English Abstract
• Journal Article