Rubeose irienne revealing a retinoblastome: a case report

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Salma HASSINA* Ihssane HASNAOUI Mohamed Amine KRICHENE Chaimaa BARDI Loubna ROBBANA N TEBBAY B BEKKAR Youness AKKANOUR Louay SERGHINI El Hassan ABDALAH
Ophthalmology B, Ibn-Sina University Hospital RABAT MOROCCO

Abstract
Retinoblastoma, the most common malignant ocular tumor in infancy, primarily affects children under five, with peak onset at one year for hereditary bilateral cases and two years for sporadic unilateral cases. Rarely, it affects older children and adults, complicating diagnosis.

Keywords
Retinoblastoma; Malignant ocular tumor; Childhood eye cancer; Strabismus; Unilateral retinoblastoma; Endophytic retinoblastoma;

Doi : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12594569

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HASSINA, S., HASNAOUI, I., KRICHENE, M. A., BARDI, C., ROBBANA, L., TEBBAY, N., BEKKAR, B., AKKANOUR, Y., SERGHINI, L., & ABDALAH, E. H. (2024). Rubeose irienne revealing a retinoblastome: a case report. International Journal of Science, Applications and Prosperity, 2(1), 53‑59.

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