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==Overview== | |||
The condition reached the headlines in May 2007, when Utah Jazz point guard Derek Fisher revealed that his 10-month-old daughter had the condition. Fisher missed Game 1 and half of Game 2 of the 2007 NBA playoff series versus the Golden State Warriors to be with his daughter for her surgery in New York City. | |||
In 1809 James Wardrop first described retinoblastoma was as a specific entity , with enucleation as his suggested treatment. Histologic studies including those of Flexner and Verhoeff and subsequent electron microscopy have given insights into its pathogenesis.<ref name="pmid3306547">{{cite journal| author=Albert DM| title=Historic review of retinoblastoma. | journal=Ophthalmology | year= 1987 | volume= 94 | issue= 6 | pages= 654-62 | pmid=3306547 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3306547 }} </ref> | |||
==Famous Cases== | |||
The condition of retinoblastoma reached the headlines in May 2007, when Utah Jazz point guard Derek Fisher revealed that his 10-month-old daughter had the condition. Fisher missed Game 1 and half of Game 2 of the 2007 NBA playoff series versus the Golden State Warriors to be with his daughter for her surgery in New York City. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1],Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Jyostna Chouturi, M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
In 1809 James Wardrop first described retinoblastoma was as a specific entity , with enucleation as his suggested treatment. Histologic studies including those of Flexner and Verhoeff and subsequent electron microscopy have given insights into its pathogenesis.[1]
Famous Cases
The condition of retinoblastoma reached the headlines in May 2007, when Utah Jazz point guard Derek Fisher revealed that his 10-month-old daughter had the condition. Fisher missed Game 1 and half of Game 2 of the 2007 NBA playoff series versus the Golden State Warriors to be with his daughter for her surgery in New York City.
References
- ↑ Albert DM (1987). "Historic review of retinoblastoma". Ophthalmology. 94 (6): 654–62. PMID 3306547.