Pigmented ciliary body medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant

Ciliary body medulloepithelioma is a nonpigmented tumor which presents during the first decade of life. It is rarely seen in newborn infants. We report a pigmented medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant, which showed a rapid growth. Ciliary body medulloepithelioma should be considered in the differe...

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Autores principales: Shah, Parag K., Meeralakshmi, Prajna, Shanthi, R., Saravanan, V. R., Kalpana, Narendran, Narendran, Venkatapathy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Clinical Image
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5657178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118511
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ojo.OJO_1_2017
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Sumario:Ciliary body medulloepithelioma is a nonpigmented tumor which presents during the first decade of life. It is rarely seen in newborn infants. We report a pigmented medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant, which showed a rapid growth. Ciliary body medulloepithelioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis in a newborn infant presenting with leukocoria.

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