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The eyes are the doors to the soul...but what types of eye or vision problems to people typically experience? Basic eye anatomy and info on eye problems here....

Q: Eye transplant for Retinal Blastoma

asked by: DoctorQuestion on August 19th, 2009

My friend is 30 years old and she had Retinal Blastoma at birth. She had both her eye's removed. Does she have a chance to have eye trasplant?

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Dr. Manoranajan Chowhan , MD

replied on October 7th, 2009

Cancers Answer A7474

Hi
Welcome to the forum!
It is sad that your friend had to get both her eyes removed because of retinal blastoma. However there is still no success with whole eye transplant. What is normally discussed as an eye transplant is actually a cornea transplant in people who have an intact retina.
Though it is sad, whole eye transplant is not a possibility today.
Hope this helps. Take care!

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