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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-22
pubmed:abstractText
Retinoblastoma is a malignancy of the human developing retina. In situ as well as in vitro studies have attributed tumoral histogenesis either to a primitive retinoblast with neuronal and glial differentiation potentials, or to a photosensory progenitor cell. Here it is shown in vivo that the retinal topography of 457 retinoblastoma and retinoma foci is radially asymmetrical. Tumor density appears to mimic the horizontal visual streak characteristic of red/green cone cell distribution. Such a non-random distribution seems to invalidate the hypothesis of a primitive multipotential neuroblast as the unique source of retinoblastoma and may support the view that retinoblastoma evolves along the cone cell lineage.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1381-6810
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
101-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Radial asymmetry in the topography of retinoblastoma. Clues to the cell of origin.
pubmed:affiliation
Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article