ANTERIOR POLAR CATARACTS ASSOCIATED WITH BILATERAL RETINOBLASTOMA

A 13-month-old girl had bilateral congenital cataracts at four days after birth. At age 4 months the cataract in her right eye was observed by her mother to enlarge and change in color. Examination of the fundus disclosed a large yellow mass. The eye was subsequently enucleated and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of retinoblastoma associated with anterior polar cataract. On routine examination at age 13 months multiple tumors were observed in the fundus of the left eye, and were successfully treated by external beam irradiation. This is the second case reported. © 1979.