Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Mansour Al-Mohaimeed

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• Research Article
  Clinical and Pathological Predictor Factors of Fellow Eye Affliction in Patients with an Initial Unilateral Retinoblastoma
  Author(s): Mohamed A. Ibrahim and Mansour Al-MohaimeedMohamed A. Ibrahim and Mansour Al-Mohaimeed
  
  Objective:To identify the clinical and pathological predictor factors for the fellow eye affliction (asynchronous bilateralization) in patients who were initially diagnosed with unilateral retinoblastoma. Methods:The present study was conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology of the Faculty of Medicine at Zagazig University in Zagazig, Egypt. All patients initially diagnosed with unilateral retinoblastoma from January 2005 to December 2007 were followed up meticulously for at least 32 months for the development of metastatic disease and/or fellow eye affliction. At pathological examination, all specimens were stained with hematoxylin (HX) and eosin (E). The specimens also underwent special immunohistochemical staining for neuron-specific enolase (NSE). Care was given to detect optic nerve invasion by the tumor, tumor focality, and tumor dif.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000205

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