title: Primary rhabdomyosarcoma of the iris.
abstract: We describe herein a 4-year-old girl with primary rhabdomyosarcoma of the right iris. Malignant cells were aspirated from the aqueous humor, and the eye was enucleated 7 months after the tumor appeared. To our knowledge, only two cases of primary rhabdomyosarcoma of the iris have been reported. Both of these patients received radiation therapy prior to enucleation.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama, Birmingham-Eye Foundation Hospital.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Elsas
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Mroczek
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Specht
mesh_terms: D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology; D001082:Aqueous Humor; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000473:pathology*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*