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Year : 2018 | Volume
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Is a diagnostic lumbar puncture indicated in intraocular retinoblastoma?
Sidharth Totadri1, Vinay Munikoty1, Usha Singh2, Radhika Srinivasan3, Amita Trehan1, Richa Jain1, Nandita Kakkar4, Akshay Kumar Saxena5, Arvind Rajwanshi3, Deepak Bansal1
1 Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Center, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Unit, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India 3 Department of Cytology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India 4 Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India 5 Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Correspondence Address:
Deepak Bansal Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Center, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Unit, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012 India
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DOI: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_475_17
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Background: Lumbar puncture (LP) is frequently performed in patients with advanced intraocular retinoblastoma. However, this may not be necessary in a significant proportion of patients. Materials and Methods: A file review of patients who were diagnosed with retinoblastoma over a 13-year-period was performed. Patients who underwent LP as part of staging were included in the study. Results: The study included 223 patients. One-third had bilateral retinoblastoma. The grouping was C, D, and E in 4 (2.9%), 41 (29.9%), and 92 (67.2%) patients, respectively. The stage was 0, I, II, III, and IV in 14 (6.3), 123 (55.2%), 13 (5.8%), 70 (31.4%), and 3 (1.3%) patients, respectively. Eight (3.6%) patients had a positive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology. None of the patients with intraocular disease and 7 (10%) patients with extraocular disease had a positive CSF. Conclusions: A diagnostic CSF is not indicated in patients with intraocular retinoblastoma.
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