A giant congenital orbital tumor: an unusual presentation of retinoblastoma.
We report a case of an unusual giant congenital tumor presenting in a newborn infant as a large exophytic mass emerging from the left orbit. After enucleation orbital recurrence developed within 14 days. No anti-tumor treatment was given and the child died at the age of 4 weeks. The histopathological and cytogenetical analysis of the tumor is presented. The tumor was diagnosed as a retinoblastoma but we could not exclude the possibility of a neuroblastoma.
Zwaan
C M
CM
Department of Pediatrics, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, Holland.
de Waal
F C
FC
Koole
F D
FD
Menko
F H
FH
van der Valk
P
P
Slater
R M
RM
Scheffer
H
H
van Waveren
G
G
Moll
A C
AC
Schouten-van Meeteren
A Y
AY
D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology