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Reconstruct Human Retinoblastoma In Vitro
Published on: October 11, 2022
[Clinical and statistical study in retinoblastoma]
1Clinico oftalmologică Craiova.
Abstract:
Between 1982-1996 nineteen cases with retinoblastoma were hospitalized. Thirteen of them were one to three years old. The study of their origin shows fourteen cases by rural medium and five cases by city medium, seventeen cases had an unilateral evolution and two cases a bilateral evolution. Clinical manifestations which requested ophthalmological exam were: secondary glaucoma in twelve cases, leukochoria in ten cases, decreased of visual acuity in eight cases, inflammation of uvea in three cases, strabismus in two cases, buphthalmia in one case. On insist belated (100 late) presentation by the physician. Computer tomography shows the area of tumour and its extension at the neighbour structures.
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