Eyelid metastasis as presenting feature of disseminated leiomyosarcoma – A rare case report

Soft tissue sarcomas with smooth muscle differentiation are termed leiomyosarcoma. Leiomyosarcoma is an aggressive tumor commonly originating from smooth muscle cells of uterus or retro peritoneal areas. Distant metastasis occurs by hematogenous route to liver and lung. Eyelid metastasis without inv...

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Veröffentlicht in:Saudi journal of ophthalmology 2017-07, Vol.31 (3), p.186-189
Hauptverfasser: Vichare, N.V., Dharmesh, V., Rana, V.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Soft tissue sarcomas with smooth muscle differentiation are termed leiomyosarcoma. Leiomyosarcoma is an aggressive tumor commonly originating from smooth muscle cells of uterus or retro peritoneal areas. Distant metastasis occurs by hematogenous route to liver and lung. Eyelid metastasis without involvement of other ocular structures is extremely rare. A case of eyelid metastasis which on extensive investigations was proved to be from upper gastrointestinal tract leiomyosarcoma is reported here.
ISSN:1319-4534
DOI:10.1016/j.sjopt.2017.05.008