Research advance ment in retinocytoma / 中华实验眼科杂志

Retinocytoma is a benign tumor arising from the retina.Since it was first described by Gallie in 1982,retinocytoma has been progressively recognized.More and more clinical and pathological studies indicate that retinocytoma may be a early stage or a type of retinoblastoma.Retinocytoma is difficult to be found because of lack clinical signs.Therefore,it is very important for us to follow-up and screen the families of RB patient in order to intervene with the course of disease as early as possible for preventing and arresting the malignization of retinocytoma toward RB.The name alteration,clinical manifestations,histopathological features,molecular mechanism and heredity characteristics were reviewed.