Primary eye malignancy in Papua New Guinea.
Primary eye malignancy presenting in Papua New Guinea over a twelve-year period is surveyed. Subsequent cases presenting at Angau Memorial Hospital, Lae, are mentioned. Primary malignancies of the eye and orbit in general are discussed with particular emphasis on retinoblastoma.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus; D008297:Male; D008537:Meibomian Glands; D008875:Middle Aged; D009512:New Guinea; D009900:Optic Nerve; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000453:epidemiology