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Report of two cases of ciliary body mesectodermal leiomyoma: unique expression of neural markers
Alexandre N Odashiro1, Bruno F Fernandes, Abdullah Al-Kandari
1Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. alexandrenakao@yahoo.com.br
Objective:
Mesectodermal leiomyoma of the ciliary body is a rare tumor with, to our knowledge, only 15 cases reported in the literature. It has a neural histopathologic appearance and a presumed origin from neural crest.
Design:
Case report.
Results:
Two cases of mesectodermal leiomyoma with histopathologic and immunohistochemical confirmation are reported.
Conclusions:
For the second time, we were able to demonstrate expression of neural immunohistochemical markers in this tumor.
