J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1966 Dec;7(2):97-100.
A case of retinoblastoma cured by x-ray radiation
- Affiliations
-
- 1Chang Shooo Choi Eye Clinic, Korea.
- 2Department of 0phthalmology, Kyung Kyung Book University, School of Medicine, Korea.
- 3Department of Ophthalmology, Central Seoul City Hospital, Korea.
Abstract
- The authors present a case of bilateral retinoblastoma occured in a six months old baby. The right eye, the advanced, was enucleated immediately and the left eye was treated with x-ray radiation giving 5,400r (tumor dose) in four weeks. A cataract developed in five years after the radiation therapy, which masked the pictures of the fundus and was extracted intracapsularily using alpha-chymotripsin. After the surgery, repeated funduscopy revealed no definite signs of recurrence.
