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Bipasha Mukherjee1, Chhakchhuak Lalduhkimi1, Veena Noronha2
1Orbit, Oculoplasty, Reconstructive and Aesthetic services, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India.
Abstract:
Rhabdomyoma of the orbit is a rare tumor with very few cases reported in the literature. We herein describe a 5-year-old boy who presented to us with a deviation of his left eye. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) showed a well-defined homogeneous intraconal mass in the superomedial aspect compressing the optic nerve. An excision biopsy was performed and the diagnosis of rhabdomyoma was confirmed on histopathology and immunohistochemistry with a coincidental finding of Trichinella spiralis larvae within the excised specimen. We report this phenomenon in two rare diseases with a predilection for striated muscle occurring simultaneously in a single patient.
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