EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor: Andrew Doan, MD, PhD & James Coombs, MD, University of Iowa

Category: Pediatrics

Retinoblastoma

Amelanotic large endophytic mass

Pathology:

Islands of blue cells in a sea of necrosis are typical of retinoblastoma.

The bottom photo shows both types of rosettes: Flexner-Wintersteiner rosettes (with central lumens) and Homer-Wright rosette (eosinophillic centers).

Ophthalmic Atlas Images by EyeRounds.org, The University of Iowa are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.