Rhabdomyosarcoma and late malignant melanoma of the orbit.

Abstract

Forty-five years following surgical excision and radiation for a childhood rhabdomyosarcoma of the left orbit, a patient with primary lymphedema developed an ipsilateral malignant melanoma of the anterior orbital tissue. This was excised, but a metastasis of the melanoma occurred in the contralateral upper lid. This is the first case report of treated rhabdomyosarcoma of the orbit followed by a second primary tumor occurring in the field of radiation.

• Authors: S R Leff, P Henkind
• Journal: Ophthalmology (Ophthalmology) Vol. 90 Issue 10 Pg. 1258-60 (Oct 1983) ISSN: 0161-6420 [Print] United States
• PMID: 6657203 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Eyelid Neoplasms (secondary)
• Humans
• Lymphedema (pathology)
• Male
• Melanoma (pathology, secondary)
• Middle Aged
• Neoplasms, Multiple Primary (pathology)
• Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced (pathology)
• Orbital Neoplasms (pathology)
• Rhabdomyosarcoma (pathology)