Successful treatment of neonatal trilateral retinoblastoma.
Trilateral retinoblastoma is a rare and almost exclusively fatal disease. Previous treatment regimens have failed to prolong life once the diagnosis is made. We present the first documented case of a patient with neonatal trilateral retinoblastoma successfully treated with chemotherapy and sequential local retinal treatment who is alive and well 26 months after diagnosis.
Bindlish
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Department of Ophthalmology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
LaRoche
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D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed