Retinal Tumors

The true malignant neoplasms of the retina are retinoblastoma, one of the most life-threatening pathologies. This disease occurs in the first months (20%) or in the first years (55%) of the child's life. In 25% of patients, the process affects both eyes.
Given the age at which the eye is affected, complaints of decreased vision can not help in the recognition of this disease. In the early stages, the retina thickens and this can only be ascertained by examining the fundus. After a while, the swelling takes up most of the eye. The eye is blinded, the pupil on this side becomes wide.
Through it a yellowish reflex appears, which becomes noticeable to others. Germination occurs in the optic nerve, surrounding tissues, the brain. Metastasizes the formation of the liver, lungs, skull bones. The onset of the disease has a certain hereditary relationship by an incorrect dominant type.
How can an early removal of the eyeball with subsequent X-ray chemotherapy. Modern methods use low-temperature (cryogenic) therapy (-120-180 ±), photocoagulation.