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Unilateral retinoblastoma with contralateral isolated choroidal Melanocytosis: case report of an unexpected presentation

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Ophthalmology, September 2018
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Title
Unilateral retinoblastoma with contralateral isolated choroidal Melanocytosis: case report of an unexpected presentation
Published in
BMC Ophthalmology, September 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12886-018-0916-x
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Authors

Cassanda C. Brooks, James J. Augsburger, Zélia M. Correa

Abstract

Congenital ocular melanocytosis has been shown to be extremely uncommon in studies of numerous infants and children with retinoblastoma and disorders such as retinopathy of prematurity. A 33-month-old Caucasian boy presented with a solid white predominantly endophytic retinoblastoma filling most of the nasal aspect of the fundus and extensive vitreous seeding. Fundus exam of the contralateral eye showed a broad-based flat melanotic area of the choroid extending from the subfoveal region to the ora serrata temporally. The child was treated by enucleation of the retinoblastoma-containing eye (homozygous non-germline RB1 mutation) and is being monitored annually. The patient has been followed for 4 years. This rare presentation of advanced unilateral retinoblastoma and contralateral isolated choroidal melanocytosis in a young child emphasizes the importance of detailed fundus mapping of the non-affected eye and has potential implications due to the increased incidence of uveal melanoma later in life.

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Unknown 12 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 3 25%
Student > Bachelor 2 17%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 17%
Student > Master 1 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 8%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 3 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 42%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 8%
Unknown 5 42%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 September 2018.
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#15,019,263
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#740
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#203,779
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Ophthalmology
#13
of 33 outputs
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