Rhabdomyosarcoma of the orbit in the newborn.
A full-term black boy had a 2- to 3-cm, round, bluish mass on his right lower eye-lid at birth, later diagnosed as rhabdomyosarcoma. It was cystic in nature and extended into the nasal cavity. The tumor was initially classified as neuroblastoma. The child died eitht months later and necropsy report confirmed an original ophthalmologic pathology diagnosis of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma.
D001344:Autopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D013977:Tibia