PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Khandekar, Rajiv B.
AU  - Al-Towerki, Abdulelah A.
AU  - Al-Katan, Hind
AU  - Al-Mesfer, Saleh S.
AU  - Abboud, Emad B.
AU  - Al-Hussain, Hailah M.
AU  - Sheikh, Osama H.
AU  - Chaudhry, Imtiaz A.
AU  - Ahmed, Wafa A.
AU  - Zaman, Babar M.
AU  - Asghar, Nasira
AU  - Edward, Deepak P.
TI  - Ocular malignant tumors. Review of the Tumor Registry at a tertiary eye hospital in central Saudi Arabia
DP  - 2014 Apr 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 377--384
VI  - 35
IP  - 4
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/35/4/377.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/35/4/377.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2014 Apr 01; 35
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To present the epidemiologic profile and magnitude of ocular malignant tumors (MT) representative of the Saudi population from the Tumor Registry (TR) at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH).METHODS: This study evaluated the demographic information, clinical features including tumor laterality, ocular tissue of origin, and diagnosis of patients from the TR registry between 1983 and 2012 at KKESH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The incidence of MT among Saudi adults (>/= 15 years old), and children (<15 years old) was estimated.RESULTS: The TR recorded 4,146 neoplasms (2,509 [60.5%] benign tumors, and 1,637 [39.5%] MT). The incidence of MT in children was 3.6 per million/year (M/Y), and 2.4/M/Y for adults. Retinoblastoma (Rb) (n=763, 91%) was the most common ocular malignancy in children. In adults, the most common MT was squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) (n=363, 45.8%), basal cell carcinoma (BCC) (n=186, 23%), uvealmelanoma (n=94, 11.9%), sebaceous gland carcinoma (n=54, 6.8%), lymphomas (orbital, adnexal) (n=46, 5.8%), and others (n=53, 6.8%). The Rb (7.7/M/Y in <5 years old Saudi children) was less frequent than that reported in some Gulf countries, but higher than that reported from the West. The SCC was less frequent in countries with comparable sun exposure than in other continents, but the incidence remained unchanged over 3 decades. There was a significant increase in BCC between 1983-1992 and 2003-2012.CONCLUSION: The rates of all cancers remained stable over 3 decades except BCC, which showed a significant rise.