Clinical features, treatment and prognosis analysis of the asymptomatic patients with retinoblastoma_Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases

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Yi Xiuqian , Zhou Xiaoting , Qian Jiang , Ren Hui ,  Xue Kang

Department of Ophthalmology, The Eye-ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China;

Corresponding author：

Xue Kang, Email: xuekang@foxmail.com

Keywords：

Retinoblastoma; Follow-up studies; Fundus screening

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10.3760/cma.j.cn511434-20200709-00329

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Objective To analyze the clinical features, treatment and prognosis of asymptomatic patients with retinoblastoma.Methods A retrospective series of case study. Eight asymptomatic patients (11 eyes) with the diagnosis of retinoblastoma by screening enrolled in Department of Ophthalmology of The Eye-ENT Hospital of Fudan University from January 2006 to March 2019 were included. There were 6 males and 3 females ranging from 2 days to 20 months, with a median age of 6 months. Five patients were unilateral retinoblastoma while 3 patients were bilateral. Based on the International Classification of Intraocular Retinoblastoma, 4 eyes were stage A, 3 eyes were stage B and 4 eyes were stage C. One patient had family history. Four patients were evaluated the Rb1 mutation. Routine ophthalmic examinations and ultra-wide field fundus imaging were performed on the 16 parents and 3 siblings of the 8 patients. Systemic intravenous chemotherapy was performed using the Carboplatin, Vincristine, Etoposide protocol, intra-arterial chemotherapy using Carboplatin and Melphalan, and local treatment involved cryotherapy and transpupillary thermotherapy. The mean follow-up time is 47.25 months.Results None of the 8 children had any ocular symptoms. Six patients received intravenous chemotherapy (5-6 times), 1 patient received intra-arterial chemotherapy (3 times), and 1 patient just received local treatment. Among the 11 eyes, 9 eyes were treated with local cryotherapy and 8 eyes were treated with transpupillary thermotherapy. During the follow-up period, 2 patients had new tumor, and the average time was 6.3 months after the last chemotherapy. At the last follow-up, the tumor disappeared in 11 eyes, remained stable in 11 eyes. The eye protection rate was 100% (8/8) for patients without eyeball excision. The best corrected visual acuity was 0.1 for 3 eyes and 1.0 for 5 eyes. Three eyes were not found. One heterozygous mutation of Rb1 gene [1c.35_69del (p.T12fs)] was identified in 1 patient, and the other 3 patients were not detected. One had bilateral bulbar tuberculosis of the 16 parents, 1 had bilateral RB of the 3 siblings. They were the mother and brother of a child with bilateral RB.Conclusions Fundus screening is helpful for the detection of early RB. The eye protection rate is high and the long-term vision prognosis is good after systemic or topical chemical drugs (IVC, IAC) and ocular topical treatment (cryopreservation and transpupillary thermotherapy).

Citation： Yi Xiuqian, Zhou Xiaoting, Qian Jiang, Ren Hui, Xue Kang. Clinical features, treatment and prognosis analysis of the asymptomatic patients with retinoblastoma. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2021, 37(3): 201-205. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn511434-20200709-00329 Copy

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5. Jain M, Rojanaporn D, Chawla B, et al. Retinoblastoma in Asia[J]. Eye (Lond), 2019, 33(1): 87-96. DOI: 10.1038/s41433-018-0244-7.
6. Shields CL, Mashayekhi A, Au AK, et al. The International Classification of Retinoblastoma predicts chemoreduction success[J]. Ophthalmology, 2006, 113(12): 2276-2280. DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.
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