COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN RETINOBLASTOMA : CT AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION

Authors

  • Pipat CHIEWVIT Department of Radiology, Siriraj Hospital
  • Sa-nga PATTHAMARUEDEE Department of Radiology, Siriraj Hospital
  • Orasa CHAWALPARIT Department of Radiology, Siriraj Hospital
  • Anchalee CHUROJ Department of Radiology, Siriraj Hospital
  • Suthisak SUTHIPONGCHAI Department of Radiology, Siriraj Hospital

Abstract

Computed Tomography (CT) scan is a valuable adjunct in the differential diagnosis and management of retinoblastoma. Retrospective study of the known retinoblastoma patients with CT scans performed prior to therapy between January 1994 - December 1996 are studied.
18 of 24 Retinoblastoma patients study with CT scan had intraocular calcifi- cation demonstrated in at least one eye. 100% of tumors in this study showed evidence of calcification that help much in the diagnosis of retinoblastoma especially in patients under three years old who account for 87.5% of patients. In addition, orbital and brain CT scan performed in all patients are useful in the diagnosis of retrobulbar extension, intracranial seedling, including brain metastasis. Intraparotid gland metastasis in one case, which has no report in any literature, is also found in this study.

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2023-04-08

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CHIEWVIT P, PATTHAMARUEDEE S- nga, CHAWALPARIT O, CHUROJ A, SUTHIPONGCHAI S. COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN RETINOBLASTOMA : CT AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION. ASEAN J Radiol [Internet]. 2023 Apr. 8 [cited 2024 Dec. 21];4(3):281-8. Available from: https://asean-journal-radiology.org/index.php/ajr/article/view/454

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (1998): September-December

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