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Primary Synovial Sarcoma of the Orbit

Author(s) -

Pei Xu,

Jianbin Chen

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

ophthalmology and eye diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1179-1721

DOI - 10.1177/1179172117701732

Subject(s) - synovial sarcoma , medicine , orbit (dynamics) , immunohistochemistry , pathological , sarcoma , chemotherapy , radiology , surgery , pathology , engineering , aerospace engineering

Purpose: To describe the clinical, pathological, and immunohistochemical characteristics and therapies of a rare case of primary synovial sarcoma in the orbit. Design: Retrospective interventional case report. Participant: A 6-year-old girl with pathologically proven synovial sarcoma in the orbit. The diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. Methods: The patient was treated with right lateral orbital and right temporal tumor resection, followed by chemotherapy. She was followed up every 3 months for 1 year. Results: The tumor was excised, and the patient received 5 courses of chemotherapy. She did well during the initial first-year follow-up with no recurrent signs. Conclusions: We reported the sixth case of primary synovial sarcoma in the orbit and the first case of a 6-year-old girl

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