[Clinicopathological analysis of rhabdomyosarcoma of the ocular adenexa].
12 cases including 11 males and 1 female of rhabdomyosarcoma of ocular adenexa were analysed. The average age of the patients was 4.2 years. 9 cases of lesion were located in the orbit, 2 in the eyelid and 1 in conjunctiva. Pathologically 8 cases were embryonal forms, 2 alveolar, 2 polymorphic. Immunohistochemical studies were performed in 8 cases, which showed desmin positive. Myoglobin presented strong or weak positive in 5 cases, suspicious positive in 3 cases. The clinical manifestation, prognosis and treatment were briefly discussed.
Eye Research Institute, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
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Zhang
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Li
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Zheng
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Zheng
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Lin
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Liu
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Pang
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Wu
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D018232:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Alveolar / Q000473:pathology; D018233:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / Q000473:pathology