OCT sessions can help manage retinoblastoma in children

OCT sessions in children with retinoblastoma were informative and helped to direct treatment decisions, according to a study.

Researchers included 63 eyes of 44 children newly diagnosed with retinoblastoma in a retrospective, noncomparative, single-institution case series to evaluate the role of hand-held OCT in guiding management and treatment decisions.

An OCT session was defined by researchers as imaging of one eye for one or more indications. Sessions were defined as “informative” if they provided data about the main indication and “directive” if the information affected management decisions regarding diagnosis, treatment or follow-up.

Researchers evaluated 339 OCT sessions and found 92% were informative. In 94% of those informative sessions, 58% influenced treatment decisions, 16% influenced diagnosis and 26% influenced follow-up (26%).

“Hand-held OCT is recommended in the investigative armamentarium of any tertiary ocular oncology center to provide precise retinoblastoma management,” the study authors wrote. – by Robert Linnehan

Disclosure: Soliman reports no relevant financial disclosures. Please see the study for all other authors’ relevant financial disclosures.

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Soliman SE, et al. Ophthalmology. 2017;doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2017.01.052.