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When the second comes first- rhabdomyosarcoma preceding heritable retinoblastoma- a case report.
BMC ophthalmology - 30 Jan 2024
Tripathy Devjyoti, Moulin Alexandre, Bijon Jacques, Gengler Carole, Beck-Popovic Maja, Munier Francis L, Stathopoulos Christina
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BACKGROUND: Retinoblastoma (rb) is the most frequent intraocular tumor, accounting for 3% of all childhood cancers. Heritable rb survivors are germline carriers for an RB1 mutation and have a lifelong risk to develop non-ocular second primary tumors (SPTs) involving multiple other organs like the bones, soft tissues, or skin. These SPTs usually become manifest several years succeeding the diagnosis of rb. In our...
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