Treatment of retinoblastoma with the transscleral diode laser.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of retinoblastoma successfully treated by contact transscleral photocoagulation with a diode laser.


METHODS
In an 18-month-old girl, a small (6.6 x 4.3 x 3.2-mm) discrete retinoblastoma anterior to the superotemporal arcade in the right eye was treated with transscleral photocoagulation using a diode laser (810 nm) and a fiberoptic probe.


RESULTS
The tumor regressed after photocoagulation, leaving a pigmented chorioretinal scar. There was no regrowth of the tumor 12 months after photocoagulation.


CONCLUSIONS
Contact transscleral photocoagulation with a diode laser may be a viable new treatment for small retinoblastoma.
Abramson
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DH
Ophthalmic Oncology Center, New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA.
Servodidio
C A
CA
Nissen
M
M
D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*