Retinoblastoma in an Eye With Features of Coats' Disease
2006; Slack Incorporated (United States); Volume: 43; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3928/01913913-20060901-08
ISSN1938-2405
AutoresCarol L. Shields, Yusuf Uysal, Raquel de Azevedo Benevides, Ralph C. Eagle, Barry Malloy, Jerry A. Shields,
Tópico(s)Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
Resumo<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <p>A 44-month-old girl developed retinal detachment with extensive telangiectasia and “light bulb” aneurysms suggestive of Coats’ disease. However, underlying and within the retina was diffuse retinoblastoma. Diffuse infiltrative retinoblastoma can manifest features of Coats’ disease and could lead to diagnostic confusion.</p> <p><cite>J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus</cite> 2006;43:313-315.</p> <h4>AUTHORS</h4> <p>Drs. Carol L. Shields, Uysal, Benevides, and Jerry A. Shields are from the Ocular Oncology Service and Dr. Eagle is from the Pathology Department, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Malloy is from Reading Hospital, Reading, Pennsylvania.</p> <p>Originally submitted September 27, 2005.</p> <p>Accepted for publication October 14, 2005.</p> <p>Address reprint requests to Carol L. Shields, MD, Ocular Oncology Service, Suite 1440, Wills Eye Hospital, 840 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.</p> <p>Supported by a donation from Michael, Bruce, and Ellen Ratner, New York, New York (JAS, CLS); the Paul Kayser International Award of Merit in Retina Research, Houston, Texas (JAS); Mellon Charitable Giving from the Martha W. Rogers Charitable Trust, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CLS); the Macula Foundation, New York, New York (CLS); the Noel T. and Sara L. Simmonds Endowment for Ophthalmic Pathology, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (RCE); and the Eye Tumor Research Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CLS, JAS).</p>
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