Retinoblastoma

A rare eye tumor disease representing the most common intraocular malignancy in children. It is a life threatening neoplasia but is potentially curable and it can be hereditary or non hereditary, unilateral or bilateral.

Acute leukemia

A clonal (malignant) hematopoietic disorder with an acute onset, affecting the bone marrow and the peripheral blood. The malignant cells show minimal differentiation and are called blasts, either myeloid blasts (myeloblasts) or lymphoid blasts (lymphoblasts).


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PMID (PMCID)
10532733
MALE
Retinoblastoma with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, polyposis coli, and multiple hamartomas.
Kiratli H, Bilgic S, Ozerdem U.
J AAPOS. 1998;2(6):385-6.
A child with unilateral retinoblastoma, cafe au lait spots, hairy nevus, and grouped pigmentation of retina in the fellow eye is described who furthermore developed acute leukemia and polyposis coli.
1411391
FEMALE Child
[Leiomyosarcoma of the breast 16 years following successful treatment of a rhabdomyosarcoma of the orbit in childhood].
Buser K, Altermatt HJ, Ohnacker H, Fravi R, Oppikofer C, Ridolfi Luthy A, Cerny T, Brunner KW.
Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1992;122(36):1335-41.
Development of novel primary tumors is a known further consequence of successful treatment of brain tumors, retinoblastoma and acute leukemias.