Retinoblastoma in adults: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 409-414

  Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a   Mani, Baskaran ^a   Shanmugam, Mahesh P ^a   Patwardhan, Dilip ^b   Kumar, K S ^c   Badrinath, Sengamedu S ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b Nandadeep Eye Hospital   (India)

^c Super Speciality Eye Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Adult retinoblastoma; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Immunohistochemistry; Neuron specific enolase; Retinoblastoma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENUCLEATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034603466     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(99)00132-0     Document Type: Article

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