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Retinal medulloepithelioma is a very rare form of neoplasm generally occurring in infancy; it is congenital in most cases [1, 15]. About 100 cases have been described so far. Some time ago, we had the opportunity of diagnosing a growth of this kind in a 10-year-old girl.
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Knoepfle, G., Bode, U., Hoischen, R., Foedisch, H.J. (1982). Diktyoma (Medulloepithelioma). A Rare NeuroEpithelial Tumour of the Eye. In: Voth, D., Gutjahr, P., Langmaid, C. (eds) Tumours of the Central Nervous System in Infancy and Childhood. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95413-9_24
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