British Journal of Ophthalmology · 1931 · 64 citations · 0 references
MedicineOphthalmologySurgeryOcular DiseaseOphthalmic SurgeryPediatric OphthalmologyEye DiseaseIntraocular TumorsOcular TumorsRetinal DiseaseRetinal DisordersRetinal PathologyGlioma SurgeryRetinal Tumors
THE following cases are reported in detail as a -means of treating a condition for which it can be said-there has been no alternative to removal of the eye, and when, as is frequently the case, both eyes are affected, the only remedy available in the past has been removal of both eyes, a mutilation to which parents will often refuse to submit their children. From the year 1871 to the end of 1924 there have been reported at the Moorfields Eye Hospital 163 cases of glioma of the retina, and of these the proportion of bilateral to unilateral cases was 1 to 5,11. (Proc. Roy. Soc. Med., 1929, Vol. XXII, No. 9, p. 951).