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Conjunctival leiomyosarcoma: A case report and review of literature

Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal tumor that is very uncommon in the conjunctiva. Nevertheless, we describe here the clinical manifestations, management, and prognosis of a rare case of leiomyosarcoma in this location. An 81-year-old male presented at a tertiary hospital with a rapidly growi...

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Autores principales: Montes, Tania López, Agra, Maria Varela, Alonso, Mario San Martin, Lorenzo, Alberto Ollero
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5565882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28573999
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_656_16
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author Montes, Tania López
Agra, Maria Varela
Alonso, Mario San Martin
Lorenzo, Alberto Ollero
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description Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal tumor that is very uncommon in the conjunctiva. Nevertheless, we describe here the clinical manifestations, management, and prognosis of a rare case of leiomyosarcoma in this location. An 81-year-old male presented at a tertiary hospital with a rapidly growing mass. After performing biopsy, histopathological examination revealed the existence of a conjunctival leiomyosarcoma. On this diagnosis, a thorough metastatic screening was performed showing no enlarged lymph nodes or metastatic deposits anywhere in the body. To treat the condition, we performed an evisceration with clear margins and subsequent radiotherapy.
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spelling pubmed-55658822017-08-30 Conjunctival leiomyosarcoma: A case report and review of literature Montes, Tania López Agra, Maria Varela Alonso, Mario San Martin Lorenzo, Alberto Ollero Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communications Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal tumor that is very uncommon in the conjunctiva. Nevertheless, we describe here the clinical manifestations, management, and prognosis of a rare case of leiomyosarcoma in this location. An 81-year-old male presented at a tertiary hospital with a rapidly growing mass. After performing biopsy, histopathological examination revealed the existence of a conjunctival leiomyosarcoma. On this diagnosis, a thorough metastatic screening was performed showing no enlarged lymph nodes or metastatic deposits anywhere in the body. To treat the condition, we performed an evisceration with clear margins and subsequent radiotherapy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5565882/ /pubmed/28573999 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_656_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Montes, Tania López
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Alonso, Mario San Martin
Lorenzo, Alberto Ollero
Conjunctival leiomyosarcoma: A case report and review of literature
title Conjunctival leiomyosarcoma: A case report and review of literature
title_full Conjunctival leiomyosarcoma: A case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Conjunctival leiomyosarcoma: A case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Conjunctival leiomyosarcoma: A case report and review of literature
title_short Conjunctival leiomyosarcoma: A case report and review of literature
title_sort conjunctival leiomyosarcoma: a case report and review of literature
topic Brief Communications
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5565882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28573999
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_656_16
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