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. 1982 Nov;66(11):685–690. doi: 10.1136/bjo.66.11.685

Spontaneous regression of bilateral retinoblastoma.

G E Sanborn, J J Augsburger, J A Shields
PMCID: PMC1039901  PMID: 7126513

Abstract

A 24-year-old black man was found to have bilateral, spontaneously regressed retinoblastoma that had previously been misdiagnosed as post-traumatic chorioretinal scarring. His son and half-brother both had bilateral viable retinoblastoma. The ophthalmoscopic and fluorescein angiographic features of this patient's fundus lesions included a calcified, whitish mass located centrally in one of the scars and a fine residual vascularity in another of the fundus lesions. The authors review the pertinent literature on spontaneous regression of retinoblastoma.

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