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.

Nevus

A nevus is a type of hamartoma that is a circumscribed stable malformation of the skin.


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PMID (PMCID)
17592332
 FEMALE Child
Intraocular lacrimal gland choristoma diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
Kobrin EG, Shields CL, Danzig CJ, Ehya H, King RA, Shields JA.
Cornea. 2007;26(6):753-5.
The differential diagnosis included juvenile xanthogranuloma, nevus, melanoma, medulloepithelioma, lacrimal gland choristoma, and atypical retinoblastoma.
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.