Leukocoria and retinoblastoma-pitfalls of the digital age?

摘要

Retinoblastoma is a childhood cancer that is now highly curable. Parents may be alerted to the disease when photographs of their child reveal a white pupil (leuko-coria). In our case of a 15-month-old girl, one of her parents was a keen photographer and immediately noticed pupilliary abnormalities on digital photography (figure A). Application of red-eye reduction software improved the abnormal right pupil but the diseased left pupil remained white (figure B).