RETINOBLASTOMA
- 1 July 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 44 (1) , 71-108
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1950.00910020074006
Abstract
DURING the past eighteen years, 17 autopsy reports on histologically proved cases of retinoblastoma have been collected in the institutions mentioned. Ten of the postmortem examinations were performed in the Memorial Hospital; 6 in the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, and 1 in the Children's Hospital, Philadelphia. Since this number constitutes an unusually large single series of autopsies in such cases, it was felt that an analysis would be of interest. Rados1stated that approximately 1,000 cases of retinoblastoma have been reported. In the review of the literature by Wintersteiner,2in 1897, and that of Wilson and Thomson,3in 1900, 61 autopsies were reported. Since 1900, approximately 24 additional cases with necropsy have been recorded. These figures indicate that postmortem studies are made in less than 10 per cent of the cases of death from retinoblastoma. Many of the autopsies are incomplete, and it is understandable that misconceptionsKeywords
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- INVASION OF THE OPTIC NERVE BY RETINOBLASTOMAArchives of Ophthalmology (1950), 1948