title: Leiomyosarcoma of the conjunctiva.
abstract: The clinical, light microscopic, immunohistologic, and ultrastructural findings of a leiomyosarcoma of the conjunctiva are presented. This tumor was diagnosed after a 26-year history and is the first to be adequately documented as having arisen in the conjunctiva.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Vancouver General Hospital, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Damji
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rootman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins