A pediatric hematologist-oncologist in Canada recalls a case where she witnessed a sad progression and tragic outcome of a toddler’s condition.
A little girl with metastatic retinoblastoma came from another province to our Retinoblastoma Center for treatment. At 2 years of age, she had one eye enucleated for unilateral differentiated retinoblastoma with Flexner-Wintersteiner rosettes. There were no high-risk features of tumor spread into the choroid or the optic nerve.
Eleven months later, she presented with an 8-day history of fever, night sweating, anorexia, fatigue, & abdominal, back & leg pains. She was thought to have atypical Kawasaki disease…
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