title: [Tumors of the eye in childhood].
abstract: Cases of benign and malignant tumors treated in Children's Ophthalmological Clinic of Silesian Medical Academy in Katowice in the years 1982-1991 were presented. The clinical material comprises 135 eyes in 129 children. The benign tumors occurred in 83 children (64.3%) and malignant tumors in 46 children (35.7%). The most often observed benign tumor was naevus pigmentosus (23.7%) and the malignant tumor was mainly retinoblastoma (34.8%).
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Okulistyki Dzieciecej I Katedry Okulistyki Slaskiej AM w Katowicach.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koraszewska-Matuszewska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pieczara
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zielińska-Pajak
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Steuer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nawrocka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Guzy nowotworowe oka w wieku dzieciecym.