Blind Eye Associated with Osteosarcoma
Elroy P. Weledji, N. Enoh, G. Enow-Orock, Leopold Aminde
Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · pp. 540–547 · Published 30 Sep 2013
10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5037Abstract
We report the case of a 10 year old girl with a late diagnosis of a high grade osteosarcoma (Stage IIb) of the right femur in a low income setting. The diagnosis could clinically have been made much earlier if the observation of an enucleated congenitally blind left eye due to a probable retinoblastoma was known to be associated with osteosarcoma. Screening of at-risk families and close surveillance of affected individuals for these heritable genetic predisposition syndromes may permit earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment of osteosarcoma in these populations.
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