PMID- 10527480
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19991209
LR  - 20190910
IS  - 8755-1039 (Print)
IS  - 1097-0339 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 5
DP  - 1999 Nov
TI  - Diagnostic intraocular fine-needle aspiration biopsy--An experience in three 
      cases of retinoblastoma.
PG  - 331-4
AB  - Ophthalmoscopically guided intraocular fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) under 
      general anesthesia was performed in three suspected cases of retinoblastoma (Rb). 
      The first case presented with uveitis and the second with unusual radiological 
      features. The third case had classical clinical features of bilateral Rb but the 
      parents refused enucleation. After a cytologic diagnosis of retinoblastoma, two 
      cases were subjected to enucleation and a histologic confirmation was obtained. 
      The present article discusses the technique of guided intraocular FNAB and its 
      limitations as well as utility in the preoperative diagnosis of retinoblastoma 
      (Rb). The authors are of the opinion that FNAB should be considered a viable 
      diagnostic option in selected cases of leucocoria when conventional investigative 
      modalities prove inconclusive or for tissue diagnosis when a patient of suspected 
      Rb refuses enucleation.
CI  - Copyright 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
FAU - Sen, S
AU  - Sen S
AD  - Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of 
      Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. SSen@Medinsternet.in
FAU - Singha, U
AU  - Singha U
FAU - Kumar, H
AU  - Kumar H
FAU - Ghose, S
AU  - Ghose S
FAU - Sarkar, T
AU  - Sarkar T
FAU - Bajaj, M S
AU  - Bajaj MS
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Diagn Cytopathol
JT  - Diagnostic cytopathology
JID - 8506895
SB  - IM
MH  - *Biopsy, Needle/methods
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Retinal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging/*pathology
MH  - Retinoblastoma/diagnostic imaging/*pathology
MH  - Ultrasonography
EDAT- 1999/10/20 00:00
MHDA- 1999/10/20 00:01
CRDT- 1999/10/20 00:00
PHST- 1999/10/20 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/10/20 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/10/20 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199911)21:5<331::AID-DC7>3.0.CO;2-K [pii]
AID - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199911)21:5<331::aid-dc7>3.0.co;2-k [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Diagn Cytopathol. 1999 Nov;21(5):331-4. doi: 
      10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199911)21:5<331::aid-dc7>3.0.co;2-k.