Abstract
Objective
To describe eye tumors in Indian children (age ≤ 21 years) presenting to a multi-tier ophthalmology hospital network in India.
Methods
Hospital-record review.
Results
During the 3-year study period (November, 2015-October, 2018), 2911 children were diagnosed with 3003 eye tumors. The three most common benign tumors included conjunctival nevus (445, 22%), orbital dermoid cyst (206, 10%), and periocular infantile capillary hemangioma (181, 9%). The three most common malignant tumors included retinoblastoma (835, 88%), xeroderma pigmentosa related ocular surface squamous neoplasia (38, 4%), and rhabdomyosarcoma (17, 2%). Based on the age group, retinoblastoma (n=834, 28%) was the most common tumor in all groups, except adolescence where conjunctival nevus (n=194, 21%) was the most common.
Conclusion
Overall, retinoblastoma is the most common tumor in children encountered in a referral based comprehensive ocular oncology practice in India.
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SK: contributed with the conceptualization, planning, data validation, and first draft of the manuscript; AVD: contributed with data acquisition, data validation, and review of manuscript.
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Kaliki, S., Das, A.V. Ocular and Periocular Tumors in Asian Indian Children and Adolescents. Indian Pediatr 57, 512–514 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-020-1846-2
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