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. 2020 Oct 23;6(6):395–404. doi: 10.1159/000509040

Table 2.

Histopathology and treatment details of retinoblastoma patients presenting at age 6 years or older

No Histopathology findings Surgery CT cycles RT Outcome/follow-up
Stage 0
1 NA 10 AND/79.5 months

2 NA 9 AND/45 months

3 No HRF Enucleation (post-CT) 7 AND/16.5 months

Stage I
4 Massive choroidal invasion, scleral invasion Enucleation 6 AND/93 months

5 No HRF Enucleation 7 AND/8 months

6 Massive choroidal invasion, post-laminar optic nerve invasion Enucleation 6 AND/15 months

7 Prelaminar optic nerve invasion Enucleation 6 AND/51.5 months

8 Focal choroidal invasion, post-laminar optic nerve invasion Enucleation 6 AND/46.5 months

9 Massive choroidal invasion, scleral invasion Enucleation 6 AND/43 months

10 Post-laminar optic nerve invasion Enucleation 6 AND/6 months

11 Anterior chamber invasion, iris invasion, ciliary body invasion, massive choroidal invasion, scleral invasion Enucleation 6 + AND/44 months

12 No HRF Enucleation AND/40.5 months

13 Prelaminar optic nerve invasion Enucleation 3 Alive with partially regressed tumor in remaining eye/10.5 months

14 Prelaminar optic nerve invasion Enucleation AND/37.5 months

15 Iris invasion Enucleation 6 AND/32.5 months

16 No HRF Enucleation AND/30.5 months

17 Focal choroidal invasion, post-laminar optic nerve invasion Enucleation 5 Orbital and CNS relapse/15 months

18 No HRF Enucleation 8 AND/16.5 months

19 No HRF Enucleation (post-CT) 6 AND/15.5 months

20 Focal choroidal invasion, post-laminar optic nerve invasion Enucleation 6 AND/13 months

21 Focal choroidal invasion, post-laminar optic nerve invasion Enucleation 6 AND/12 months

22 Large areas of tumor necrosis, calcification, sclera, choroid markedly thickened, enmeshed uveal tissue and atrophic optic nerve Enucleation (post-CT) 6 Alive/84 months

23 Descmets membrane invasion, invasion of choroid R enucleation 6 Alive/48 months

24 Poorly differentiated large areas of necrosis and calcification (synaptophysin and NSE positive) Enucleation 6 + Alive/96 months

25 Thickened sclera, choroid, sclera and enmeshed uveal tissue free of tumor Enucleation (post-CT) 9 Alive/72 months

26 Anterior chamber invasion, iris invasion, extrascleral invasion, prelaminar optic nerve invasion Enucleation (post-CT) 6 Alive/120 months

Stage II
27 Anterior chamber invasion, iris invaasion, focal choroidal invasion, cut end of optic nerve invasion Enucleation 12 + AND/14 months

28 Anterior chamber invasion, massive choroidal invasion, cut end of optic nerve invasion Enucleation 12 + AND/82.5 months

Stage III
29 LFU

30 Anterior chamber invasion, massive choroidal invasion, scleral invasion, prelaminar optic nerve invasion Enucleation 7 Orbital and LN relapse/9 months

31 Margins of exenteration specimen free of tumor Exenteration (post-CT) 4 + CNS relapse/12 months

32 LFUPT

33 Anterior chamber invasion, massive choroidal invasion, scleral invasion, cut end optic nerve invasion, extrascleral invasion Exenteration LFUPT

34 Anterior chamber invasion, iris, ciliary body invasion, focal choroidal invasion, cut end optic nerve invasion Enucleation 11 + LN relapse/45 months

35 None Enucleation (post-CT) 12 + AND/30.5 months

36 Anterior chamber invasion, iris, massive choroidal invasion, scleral invasion, prelaminar optic nerve invasion, extrascleral invasion 10 + AND/21 months

37 3 LFU

38 Extensive involvement of choroid, iris invasion, episcleral sclera, pre- and post-laminar ONH R enucleation 10 Alive/96 months

Stage IV
39 LFU

40 LFU

41 6 LFU

42 LFU

43 LFU

44 11 LFU

45 LFU

46 Anterior chamber invasion, iris invasion, cut end optic nerve invasion Enucleation (post-CT) 6 + Disease progression/7 months

47 LFU

48 None Enucleation (post-CT) 12 + Alive/18 months

HRF, high-risk features; CT, chemotherapy; AND, alive and disease free; PR, partial response; CNS, central nervous system; LFU, lost to follow-up; LN, lymph node; LFUPT, lost to follow-up post-treatment; RT, radiotherapy.