Ocular Protrusion and Spontaneous Regression in Bilateral Retinoblastomas.

Kim, Jong Cheon; Koo, Han Mo; Chung, Sung Kun

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1995;36(1):135-141.
Published online January 1, 1995.

Ocular Protrusion and Spontaneous Regression in Bilateral Retinoblastomas.

Jong Cheon Kim, Han Mo Koo, Sung Kun Chung

Department of Ophthalmology, St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University, Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

안구돌출과 안구위축을 동시에 보인 양안 망막모세포종

김종천(Jong Cheon Kim),구한모(Han Mo Koo),정성근(Sung Kun Chung)

Abstract

Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular malignant tumor in childhood. The early diagnosis can be made in children having strabismus, decreased visual acuity, or family history of retinoblastoma. As the tumor grows larger, it produces leukocoria, iris heterochromia, secondary neovascular glaucoma due to rubeosis iridis, ocular protrusion due to mass, optic nerve extension and distant metastasis. Rarely, this tumor shows spontaneous regression to induce phthisis. We recently experienced a case of bilateral retinoblastoma in a 2 year old girl who presented with the protruded right eyeball due to the massive growth of retinoblastoma, simultaneously with the phthisicae left eyeball due to spontaneous regression of retinoblastoma.

Key Words: Oculan protrusion;Phthisis;Retinoblastoma;Spontaneous regression