Retinoblastoma: late-onset and atypical presentation

Liudmira González Rodríguez; Mercedes Cárdenas Bruno; Myrna I Moreno Miravalles; Lázaro Vigoa Aranguren; Ernesto Alemañy Rubio

2018, Number 1

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Rev Cub Oftal 2018; 31 (1)

Retinoblastoma: late-onset and atypical presentation

González RL, Cárdenas BM, Moreno MMI, Vigoa AL, Alemañy RE

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ABSTRACT

Retinoblastoma is the most common malignant intraocular tumor in childhood, representing about 4% of all cancers at that stage of life and 1% in general. A description is provided of a late-onset panuveitic retinoblastoma in an 11-year-old male patient initially diagnosed with ocular toxocariasis. The disease is rare in people over 8 years of age, but it should be included in the differential diagnosis. Late or mistaken diagnosis constitutes a risk to life and a worse visual prognosis.