Globe salvage using chemoreduction for advanced retinoblastoma in a glaucomatous eye with buphthalmos.

PURPOSE: To report globe salvage using chemoreduction (CRD) for advanced retinoblastoma in a glaucomatous eye with buphthalmos.

METHODS

Case report.

RESULTS

A 7-month-old girl presented with epiphora and buphthalmos in the right eye. She was found to have bilateral retinoblastoma. Classified as group E, the right eye exhibited a total retinal detachment and buphthalmos from secondary glaucoma. The left eye was classified as group B. Systemic workup revealed no metastatic disease. CRD was employed with future planned enucleation of the right eye. After six cycles of CRD and focal consolidating treatments, complete regression of retinoblastoma in both eyes was achieved. The right eye showed complete resolution of the retinal detachment and no active tumor or seeds at 18 months follow-up, allowing for salvage of the eye.

CONCLUSION

In this child with secondary glaucoma and buphthalmos from retinoblastoma, CRD provided complete tumor control and globe salvage.