).q RSNA, 2015 Purpose:To assess the correlation of intraocular retinoblastoma tumor size measured with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the prediction of histopathologically determined metastatic risk factors (postlaminar optic nerve invasion and massive choroidal invasion).
Materials and Methods:The ethics committee approved this retrospective multicenter study with a waiver of informed consent. The study population included 370 consecutive patients with retinoblastoma (375 eyes) who underwent baseline MR imaging, followed by primary enucleation from 1993 through 2014. Tumor sizes (maximum diameter and volume) were measured independently by two observers and correlated with histopathologic risk factors. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to analyze the diagnostic accuracy of tumor size, and areas under the curve were calculated. Logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate potential confounders.
Results:Receiver operating characteristic analysis of volume and diameter, respectively, yielded areas under the curve of 0.
Conclusion:Intraocular tumor size shows a strong association with postlaminar optic nerve invasion and a moderate association with massive choroidal invasion. These findings provide diagnostic accuracy measures at different size cutoff levels, which could potentially be useful in a clinical setting, especially within the scope of the increasing use of eye-salvage treatment strategies.q RSNA, 2015
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Retinoblastoma and other eye tumors in childhood are rare diseases. Many eye tumors are the first signs of a genetic tumor predisposition syndrome and the affected children carry a higher risk of developing other cancers later in life. Clinical and genetic data of all children with eye tumors diagnosed between 2013–2018 in Germany and Austria were collected in a multicenter prospective observational study. In five years, 300 children were recruited into the study: 287 with retinoblastoma, 7 uveal melanoma, 3 ciliary body medulloepithelioma, 2 retinal astrocytoma, 1 meningioma of the optic nerve extending into the eye. Heritable retinoblastoma was diagnosed in 44% of children with retinoblastoma. One child with meningioma of the optic nerve extending into the eye was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis 2. No pathogenic constitutional variant in DICER1 was detected in a child with medulloepithelioma while two children did not receive genetic analysis. Because of the known association with tumor predisposition syndromes, genetic counseling should be offered to all children with eye tumors. Children with a genetic predisposition to cancer should receive a tailored surveillance including detailed history, physical examinations and, if indicated, imaging to screen for other cancer. Early detection of cancers may reduce mortality.
High-resolution MRI is clinically valuable for the detection of metastatic, especially of advanced metastatic risk factors in children with retinoblastoma.
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