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Leopoldo Garduño-Vieyra | Zendy; Sergio E. Hernández-Da Mota | Zendy; Claudia Ruth Gonzalez | Zendy; Roberto Gamez-Carrillo | Zendy

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Rhabdomyosarcoma in an elderly patient. A case report

Author(s) -

Leopoldo Garduño-Vieyra,

Sergio E. Hernández-Da Mota,

Claudia Ruth Gonzalez,

Roberto Gamez-Carrillo

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

revista mexicana de oftalmología

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2604-1227

pISSN - 0187-4519

DOI - 10.1016/j.mexoft.2015.12.002

Subject(s) - rhabdomyosarcoma , medicine , elderly people , sarcoma , gerontology , pathology

PurposeTo describe a case of rhabdomyosarcoma in an elderly patient.MethodsAn exenteration surgery was performed of the right orbit with desperiostization and temporal muscle-skin flap rotation to cover the defect in a 96 year old patient with a history of right eye exotropia.ResultsThe pathology report showed a malignant striate muscle neoplasm with pleomorphic neuclei of variable size with discromic and disperse cromatine that was consistent with pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma.ConclusionsRhabdomyosarcoma, although a malignancy mainly seen in children can also affect other age groups, even the elderly

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