• Title of article

    Myoepithelioma metatatic to the orbit

  • Author/Authors

    Campbell Waldrop، نويسنده , , ajeev . Kathuria، نويسنده , , Jeffrey A. Toretky، نويسنده , , Chen-Chih J. un، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2001
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    594
  • To page
    596
  • Abstract
    PURPOE: To report a cae of myoepithelioma metatatic to the orbit in an 11-year-old boy. METHOD: Interventional cae report. An 11-year-old white male with a hitory of reection of a left thigh ma 10 month previouly preented with a painle, rapid welling of the left upper eyelid. Computed tomography can and inciional biopy of the orbital ma were performed. REULT: Immunohitochemical tain of the tumor in the left orbit and the previouly reected ma were conitent with myoepithelioma. A a reult of widepread metatae, the patient died 4 month after initial preentation to the eye clinic. CONCLUION: Myoepithelioma hould be included in the differential diagnoi of neoplam that can metataize to the orbit in the pediatric age group.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2001
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    623480