title: Rhabdomyomatous mesenchymal hamartoma of the eyelid: report of a case and literature review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a rare case of rhabdomyomatous mesenchymal hamartoma and to compare its features with those cases previously reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case report and literature review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Complete ophthalmologic and systemic examinations followed by excisional biopsy and histopathologic examination.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical examination features and histopathologic findings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 6-month-old Latino male presented with a congenital, elevated, smooth, flesh-colored right lower eyelid lesion. An ipsilateral right limbal dermoid and an upper eyelid coloboma were also present. Excisional biopsy of the eyelid lesion revealed randomly oriented mature striated muscle tissue with associated adipose tissue, blood vessels, pilosebaceous units, and peripheral nerves, findings consistent with rhabdomyomatous mesenchymal hamartoma. Of the 24 reported cases (including the current case), eight had associated congenital anomalies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although rhabdomyomatous mesenchymal hamartomas are rare and benign, they may be associated with other congenital anomalies and anomaly syndromes. As a result, we recommend systemic evaluation of patients diagnosed with this entity.
authors: Doheny Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, 1450 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
authors: R W
authors: RW
authors: Read
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Burnstine
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Rowland
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Zamir
authors: N A
authors: NA
authors: Rao
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000473:pathology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*