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Domenico Piscitelli1, Enrica Ruggeri, Maria Grazia Fiore
1Department of Anatomopathology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Purpose:
To describe a rare case of an orbital undifferentiated sarcoma arising in an eviscerated eye socket with a silicone implant.
Methods:
The clinical and histopathological findings of the case are reviewed and presented.
Results:
A patient who had undergone post-traumatic evisceration of the right eye and a silicone prosthesis implant 8 years earlier, presented to our observation with a painful eye, on which a brownish, bleeding mass, measuring 1 cm in diameter, was evident. After removal of the silicone prosthesis, the mass was found to arise from the scleral socket. Histopathological analysis demonstrated a malignant tumor composed of markedly pleomorphic cells with a high mitotic rate. An undifferentiated high-grade pleomorphic sarcoma was diagnosed. Complete right orbital exenteration was performed and the patient underwent radiotherapy
Conclusions:
This is the first report of an undifferentiated high-grade pleomorphic sarcoma arising from a scleral socket with a silicone implant.
