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Ophthoscience Publishers, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2012); e1
Rhabdomyosarcoma mimicking lymphangioma: report of three cases
Guerriero, Silvana; Department of Ophthalmology, University
of Bari
Ciracì, Lorenza; Department of Ophthalmology, University
of Bari
Giancipoli, Ermete; Department of Ophthalmology, University
of Bari
Fiore, Maria Grazia; Department of Pathology, University of Bari
Piscitelli, Domenico; Department of Pathology, University of Bari
2012-01-23
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url:http://eyereports.org/index.php/eyereports/article/view/eye.2012.e1
rhabdomyosarcoma
lymphangioma
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
sonography.
en_US
We report three cases of proptosis, in children aged 6, 10 and 12, whereby in all cases the first clinical, radiologic and ultrasonographic diagnosis was lymphangioma, while the final anatomopathological diagnosis was rhabdomyosarcoma. In presence of a rapidly worsening exophthalmos or eyelid swelling in a child, an early correct diagnosis is very important. Imaging techniques play a very important role in the diagnosis, but are often inconclusive and an excisional biopsy (if feasible) must always be considered