title: Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma presenting as conjunctival tumor.
abstract: The authors report the case of a 10-year-old girl who presented with a focal conjunctival lesion of the right eye. Conjunctival biopsy was performed and revealed an embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. She received chemotherapy alone according to the Malignant Mesenchymal Tumor 95 Study (stage II nonalveolar orbital tumors) and is still in complete remission 6 months after the completion of treatment. Rhabdomyosarcomas of the conjunctiva without orbital extension are rarely reported. The authors discuss the prognosis and differential diagnosis of these lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. Brichard@pedi.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: Bénédicte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brichard
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Potter
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Godfraind
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vermylen
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D018233:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome