title: [Retinoblastoma: review of 19 cases].
abstract: A retrospective study of retinoblastoma was done during 1978-1987, analysing the clinics aspects of the entity. We found nineteen children during this period, from them eight were girls (42%) and eleven were boys (58%). Ages of diagnostic ranged between three months and four years, with and average of 17.53 months. Nine children (47%) were bilaterally affected. Leocokoria was the most common initial sign, followed by strabismus. Ophthalmoscopy was the diagnostic procedure used, and surgery the recommended therapeutic, using radiotherapy as a palliative method in the cases which surgery has no indications.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de lactantes, Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Madrid.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Martínez y Arroyo
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Díaz Vela
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Martín Valverde
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Llanes Menéndez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Paz Garnelo
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Retinoblastoma: revisión de diecinueve casos.