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    J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 1991 Nov-Dec;28(6):338-40.

    Lesions simulating retinoblastoma.

    Shields JA, Parsons HM, Shields CL, Shah P.

    Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

    Of 500 consecutive patients referred to the Ocular Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital with the diagnosis of possible retinoblastoma, 288 (58%) were found on clinical evaluation to have retinoblastoma and 212 (42%) had lesions that simulated retinoblastoma. A total of 23 different conditions accounted for the 212 pseudoretinoblastomas. Three most common pseudoretinoblastomas were: persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (28%), Coats' disease (16%), and presumed ocular toxocariasis (16%). Congenital cataract and retinopathy of prematurity accounted for a much lower percent of pseudoretinoblastomas in this series as compared to a previously reported series. The pertinent clinical features that serve to differentiate these simulating lesions from retinoblastoma are reviewed.

    PMID: 1757860 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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