Treatment of retinoblastoma with the transscleral diode laser.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
To report a case of retinoblastoma successfully treated by contact transscleral photocoagulation with a diode laser. In an 18-month-old girl, a small (6.6 x 4.3 x 3.2-mm) discrete retinoblastoma anterior to the superotemporal arcade in the right eye was treated with transscleral photocoagulation using a diode laser (810 nm) and a fiberoptic probe. The tumor regressed after photocoagulation, leaving a pigmented chorioretinal scar. There was no regrowth of the tumor 12 months after photocoagulation. Contact transscleral photocoagulation with a diode laser may be a viable new treatment for small retinoblastoma.
Medical subject headings
- Eye Neoplasms
- Laser Coagulation
- Retinoblastoma