The clinical spectrum and treatment outcome of retinoblastoma in Indian children.
OBJECTIVE
To study the clinical spectrum and treatment outcome of retinoblastoma in Indian children.


METHODS
This retrospective study analyzed 488 eyes of 355 retinoblastoma patients treated at a tertiary care ophthalmic hospital in southern India during a 14-year period.


RESULTS
Retinoblastoma involved one eye in 177 (50%) and both eyes in 178 (50%) patients. Mean age at presentation was 23.98 +/- 23.37.
Shanmugam
Mahesh P
MP
Vitreoretinal Service, Sankara Nethralaya, Vision Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
Biswas
Jyotirmay
J
Gopal
Lingam
L
Sharma
Tarun
T
Nizamuddin
S H M
SH
D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000009:adverse effects; D017234:Eye Evisceration / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome