Abstract

DESIGN:
RETROSPECTIVE
PURPOSE:
EVALUATION OF THE INCIDENCE OF OCULAR MALIGNANCIES IN THE PAEDIATRIC POPULATION OF CENTRAL INDIA OVER THE LAST 27 YEARS
METHODS:
CASES COMING TO THE GOVT HOSPITAL, AND THROUGH CAMP BASED APPROACH WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION , PAEDIATRICIANS AND DOCTORS OF OTHER SPECIALITIES WERE INCLUDED AS AND WHERE INDICATED FOR THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THESE CASES
RESULTS
CASES OF VARIOUS OCULAR MALIGNANCIES NAMELY RETINOBLASTOMA, RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, GLIOMA,CHLOROMA IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA, HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THE PAEDIATRIC POPULATION OVER A PERIOD OF LAST 27 YEARS IN THE SLUMS (URBAN AND RURAL), AND TRIBAL REGIONS
CONCLUSION :
TIMELY DIAGNOSIS AND INTERVENTION IS CRITICAL IN REDUCING THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN PAEDIATRIC OCULAR MALIGNANCIES