A total of 132 enucleated eyeballs is critically reviewed and analysed histopatholigcally.
These eyeballs were selected among the enucleated specimens that had been removed at
the Seoul National University Hospital during a period of 21 years beginning from 1963
to 1983.
Following results were obtained.
1) When the eyeballs were classified according to the direct cause of removal the
tumor wart the must common single cause accounting for 74(56.1%) out of 132 cases,
followed by inflammation (22.0%), trauma (3.8%), glaucoma(7.6%), phthisis bulbi (2.3%),
Coat's disease (3.8%), persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (2.3%), retrolental
fibroplasia (1.5%) and cataract .(10.8%).
2) The neoplastic lesion could again be divided into 66 intraocular and 8 extraocular
tumors. Ret inoblastoma was the commonst intraocular tumor accounting for 57 out of
74 cases.
3) About 50% of the retinoblastoma were seen under two gears, but two cases are
found in the men of 52 clears old. Only 1.8% of the cases were bilateral. In growth
pattern, 89.4% of the tumor grew endophytically. Rosetts were seen only 33.3% of the
retinoblastoma. The extension of the tumor to the optic nerve was found in 33.3% of
the retinoblastoma.
4) When our series was compared to other series published in Korea, the trauma was
relatively less important for the cause of enucleation. And it was also noted that the
glaucoma is less significant cause of enucleation in Korea compared to that of western
countries.
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