A 20-Year Retrospective Review of Retinoblastoma at Two Tertiary Academic Hospitals in Johannesburg, South Africa

Ocular Oncology and Pathology
Saadiah GoolamIsmail Mayet

Abstract

This paper presents a 20-year review of retinoblastoma in Johannesburg, South Africa, aiming to better characterize the disease in this sub-Saharan setting. The study represents a retrospective case series of retinoblastoma patients presenting to Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital between January 1, 1992, and December 31, 2011. The total number of cases identified was 282, with 245 meeting the study inclusion criteria. Retinoblastoma comprised 6.9% of the total pediatric oncology presentations; 65.3% were unilateral, 34.3% bilateral, and 0.4% trilateral. The overall male-to-female ratio was 1.08. The mean age at presentation overall was 32.6 months (median 28.0), in the unilateral group 39.4 months (median 33.0), and in the bilateral group 19.7 months (median 17.0). The mean delay to presentation overall was 7.0 months (median 4.0). The most frequent presenting symptoms were leukocoria (37.1%) and proptosis (34.7%). The distribution of disease stages at presentation (International Retinoblastoma Staging System) was 1.6% stage 0, 24.1% stage I, 27.8% stage II, 16.3% stage III, and 25.3% stage IV. 26.5% defaulted care. The 5-year Kaplan-Meier survival estimate was 57.7% ov...Continue Reading

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