Visual fields in retinoblastoma survivors. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVE: To describe the visual field defects in retinoblastoma survivors and relate those defects to characteristics such as tumor size, tumor location, and treatment modality. METHODS: Thirty-one patients treated for retinoblastoma were included in this study. Humphrey visual fields were determined in 33 eyes. RESULTS: Twenty-seven patients (29 eyes, 68 tumors) had sufficient diagnosis and treatment data available for further analysis. Twenty-six of the 27 patients had both absolute and relative visual field defects. Four types of visual field defects were observed and correlated with location of the tumor and therapy to the individual tumors: (1) no residual defect, (2) absolute scotoma, (3) arcuate and sector scotoma, and (4) "pseudo"-visual field defects caused by relative enophthalmos resulting from radiation. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with retinoblastoma demonstrate a variety of long-term visual field defects after treatment for their intraocular disease. Characteristics that determine the size and type of defects are tumor size, tumor location, and treatment method.

publication date

  • September 1, 2004

Research

keywords

  • Retinal Neoplasms
  • Retinoblastoma
  • Survivors
  • Vision Disorders
  • Visual Fields

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 4444290724

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1001/archopht.122.9.1324

PubMed ID

  • 15364711

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 122

issue

  • 9