Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- age <3 years
- leukocoria (white pupillary reflex)
- strabismus
- positive family history
- orbital pseudocellulitis
- 13q syndrome
Risk factors
- mutation in RB1 gene
- human papillomavirus (HPV) exposure
- advanced paternal age
Diagnostic tests
1st tests to order
- funduscopy and examination under anesthesia
- wide-field fundus photography and spectral domain optical coherence tomography (sdOCT)
- ophthalmic A- and B-scan ultrasound
Treatment algorithm
Contributors
Authors
Timothy G. Murray, MD, MBA, FACS
Founding Director/CEO
Murray Ocular Oncology and Retina
Miami
FL
Disclosures
TGM is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.
Victor M. Villegas, MD
Ocular Oncologist
Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Puerto Rico
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine
Voluntary Faculty
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami
Miami
FL
Disclosures
VMV is an author of a reference cited in this topic.
Acknowledgements
Dr Timothy G. Murray and Dr Victor M. Villegas would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Amy C. Schefler, a previous contributor to this topic, and Dr Steven Houston, III, MD for his contribution to the topic.
Disclosures
ACS is an author of a number of references cited in this topic. SH declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Susan Schneider, MD
Director
Pharmaceutical Clinical & Scientific Affairs
Bausch & Lomb
Rochester
NY
Disclosures
SS declares that she has no competing interests.
Francis Munier, MD
Professor and Head of Pediatric Ocular Oncology Unit
Jules Gonin Eye Hospital
Lausanne
Switzerland
Disclosures
FM declares that he has no competing interests.
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