TY - JOUR T1 - Retinoblastoma in a child conceived by in vitro fertilisation JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 1098 LP - 1099 DO - 10.1136/bjo.2003.041160 VL - 88 IS - 8 AU - I Lee AU - P T Finger AU - J A Grifo AU - A R Rausen AU - A Rebarber AU - D H Barad Y1 - 2004/08/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/88/8/1098.abstract N2 - As the number of infants born through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) grows, there is increased interest regarding the long term effects of IVF and other assisted reproduction techniques on such offspring. Recent reports have noted cancer in children born after IVF or fertility drug use (table 1).1View this table:In this windowIn a new window Table 1  Anomalies and cancers reported in offspring of IVF In 2001, retinoblastoma was reported to occur in a child born through IVF in Israel.2 Since then, an additional report documented four cases from the Netherlands.3 Here we add a sixth case and the first from the United States. Of these children four had unilateral retinoblastoma and two bilateral disease (table 2).View this table:In this windowIn a new window Table 2  Retinoblastoma in children born through IVF During 2002, a 16 month old child was referred to The New York Eye Cancer Center with no known family history of eye disease. She had a blind painful right eye with neovascular glaucoma. Intraocular pressures were 35 mm Hg in … ER -