Yusra Shafique Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Pathology
Department of Pathology, Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Yusra Shafique is from Department of Pathology at Dow International Medical College and Dow University of Health Sciences in Karachi, Pakistan. Shafique Skills and Experts are Retinal dysplasia, Leucocoria, Retinoblastoma.
Case Report Open Access
Author(s): Yusra Shafique, Rubina Gulzar, Ruqaiya Shahid and Farheen Danish
Background: Retinal dysplasia is a congenital ocular pathology that can mimic as retinoblastoma caused by abnormal proliferation of retinal tissue.
Objective: To present a case of retinal dysplasia misdiagnosed clinically as retinoblastoma and underwent enucleation surgery.
Result: A 7 years old female underwent enucleation surgery as she was diagnosed clinically as retinoblastoma. Both of them could present with leucocoria and histologically can show rossettes formation. It is important to differentiate both these entities inorder to avoid enucleation in case of retinal dysplasia.