Presentation of retinoblastoma in pregnancy

• Main Authors: Nandedkar Varsha, Joshi Anil, Kabra Namrata, Deshpande Neha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
• Subjects: Chemoreduction; enucleation; flexner-wintersteiner rosettes; homer-wright rosettes; immunohistochemistry; retinoblastoma
• Online Access: http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2010;volume=58;issue=3;spage=229;epage=232;aulast=Nandedkar

A 22-year-old female in her third trimester of pregnancy was referred to our department for sudden loss of vision with a painful blind eye. It was diagnosed as retinoblastoma clinically and radiologically. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry confirmed the diagnosis. This case is one of its kind because retinoblastoma occurring during pregnancy had not been reported in literature so far.