Eye

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The eye is rarely seen by pathologists.

Retinoblastoma

General

  • Rare.
  • Malignant.
  • May be familial.[1]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Small round cell tumour.
  • Flexner-Wintersteiner rosette.
    • Rosette with empty centre (donut hole).[2]
      • DDx of this feature: pineoblastomas, medulloepitheliomas.

Image:

Retinal hemorrhage

See Traumatic brain injury in infants.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lohmann D (2010). "Retinoblastoma". Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 685: 220–7. PMID 20687510.
  2. ↑ Wippold FJ, Perry A (March 2006). "Neuropathology for the neuroradiologist: rosettes and pseudorosettes". AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 27 (3): 488–92. PMID 16551982.
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