title: Retinoblastoma which developed in microphthalmia.
abstract: We report a rare case of retinoblastoma which developed in unilateral microphthalmia. A 4-year-old girl presented with a large, intraocular mass in microphthalmia without a family history of retinoblastoma. The eyeball was enucleated due to rapid growth of the intraocular tumor. Microscopically it proved to be a retinoblastoma with some Flexner-Wintersteiner rosettes. This unusual case shows that retinoblastoma should not be excluded just because the eye is small, particularly if the family history is not available or is incomplete.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Geun
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Oum
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008850:Microphthalmos / Q000150:complications*; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed