Is a diagnostic lumbar puncture indicated in intraocular retinoblastoma?

• Main Authors: Sidharth Totadri (Author), Vinay Munikoty (Author), Usha Singh (Author), Radhika Srinivasan (Author), Amita Trehan (Author), Richa Jain (Author), Nandita Kakkar (Author), Akshay Kumar Saxena (Author), Arvind Rajwanshi (Author), Deepak Bansal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Lumbar puncture (LP) is frequently performed in patients with advanced intraocular retinoblastoma. However, this may not be necessary in a significant proportion of patients. Materials and Methods: A file review of patients who were diagnosed with retinoblastoma over a 13-year-period was...