Epithelioid sarcoma of the orbit

Epithelioid sarcoma is an aggressive and rare malignancy first recognized by Enzinger in 1970. It is known most commonly to affect the distal upper extremities in young adults. The classical "distal" form has a male predominance and can also involve other less frequent sites including lowe...

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Published in:Annals of Saudi medicine 2011-03, Vol.31 (2), p.187-189
Main Authors: Alkatan, Hind M, Chaudhry, Imtiaz, Al-Qahtani, Abdullah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Cells
Chemotherapy
Diagnosis
Eyes & eyesight
Fatal Outcome
Health aspects
Humans
Infant
Magnetic resonance imaging
Male
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Orbital Neoplasms - pathology
Orbital Neoplasms - therapy
Risk factors
Sarcoma
Sarcoma - pathology
Sarcoma - therapy
Tumors
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Summary:Epithelioid sarcoma is an aggressive and rare malignancy first recognized by Enzinger in 1970. It is known most commonly to affect the distal upper extremities in young adults. The classical "distal" form has a male predominance and can also involve other less frequent sites including lower extremities, proximal upper extremities, and the trunk. The "proximal" variant of this tumor is deep seated, tends to occur in older patients and predominantly develops in the pelvis, perineum, and genital tract. In the orbit, only a single report of two cases, which had a typical histopathologic appearance, has been previously published. We present the third case of orbital primary epithelioid sarcoma.
ISSN:0256-4947
0975-4466
DOI:10.4103/0256-4947.75589