Oligodendroglioma of the ciliary body: a unique case report and the review of literature.
BACKGROUND
To date, there is no report in the international literature of an oligodendroglioma of the ciliary body, nor is there an analysis of the possible origins of this lesion.


METHODS
Here we report on a 52-year-old man admitted to our hospital with a ciliary body tumor revealed by clinical examination and ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies. Following enucleation, pathological and immunohistochemical analyses were performed. Postoperative histopathological staining results included OLIGO-2(+) and GFAP(-), leading to a pathological diagnosis of oligodendroglioma of the ciliary body in the right eye (WHO grade II).


CONCLUSIONS
Since malignant gliomas derive from transformed neural stem cells, the presence of oligodendroglioma in the ciliary body supports the hypothesis that gliomas can occur wherever neural stem cells exist. Tumors of the ciliary body derived from oligodendrocytes are difficult to diagnose; pathological analyses are essential.
Department of life and engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. guoqing-925@163.com
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D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000378:metabolism*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014785:Vision, Ocular
D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein