What are Retinal Neoplasms?

Retinal Neoplasms
Histopathologic analysis of a biopsy sample of the retinal tumor which was obtained during pars plana vitrectomy.Notes: Plump spindle-shaped cells with round or slightly elongated nuclei are observed. Mitotic activity is not evident. Hematoxylin-eosin staining was used. Yellow bar represents 100 μm. Aggressive retinal astrocytoma associated with tuberous sclerosis. Tomida M, Mitamura Y, Katome T, Eguchi H, Naito T, Harada T - Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2012). Not Altered. CC.

Retinal neoplasms are benign or malignant abnormal retina tissue proliferation. 

Examples of retinal neoplasms include: 

  • Retinoblastoma
  • Retinal lymphoma 
  • Retinal capillary hemangioma
  • Retinal astrocytic hamartoma