Author/Authors :
Mohammadpour, Mehrdad Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology - Eye Research Center - Farabi Eye Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Ghassemi, Fariba Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology - Eye Research Center - Farabi Eye Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Toosi, Roja Medical Student - Eye Research Center - Farabi Eye Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Naghavi, Batoul Medical Student - Eye Research Center - Farabi Eye Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Abstract :
Purpose: To report two cases of retinoblastomas detected by “white pupillary reflex” end-gaze
leukocoria via flash photographs reported by parents
Case reports: Retinoblastoma, a malignant ocular tumor, can be manifested by leukocoria. Herein,
we report two cases, a 4-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, presented with the parents' chief
complaint of end-gaze leukocoria. In further evaluations retinoblastoma was detected and treated.
Conclusion: Leukocoria is an alarming sign specially in pediatrics age group which should be
detected and treated promptly. It may be detected solely in end-gaze by the child's parents or in
photographs in the early stages of retinoblastoma.
