title: [Retinocytoma: report of five cases].
abstract: Five retinocytoma cases diagnosed over 75 months are reported. The mean age at diagnosis was 193.2 months. Two cases were unilateral, one was bilateral and two exhibited retinoblastoma in the fellow eye. Clinical and ophthalmoscopic aspects, genetical implications and the need of treatment and continuous follow-up of retinocytoma patients are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil. marback@ufba.br
authors.forename: Eduardo Ferrari
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Marback
authors.forename: Milla Dias
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.forename: Ricardo Danilo Chagas
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Roberto Lorens
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Marback
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult