Wide-Excision Choice in Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma on an 8-Year-Old Patient in a Low-Resource Setting: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common neoplasm of skeletal myoblast-like cells in children aged 5-8 years. It typically occurs in the head, neck region, genitourinary tract, retroperitoneum, and extremities.

Case presentation

An 8-year-old boy complained of a lump under his left eye that he had felt for the past 4 years. Initially small, it gradually grew larger although there were no accompanying symptoms of redness, pain, itching, or eye movement disorders, and no history of trauma. Visual acuity in the left eye was measured at 6/15, with pinhole correction improving to 6/6, while the right eye was 6/6. Intraocular pressure in both eyes was 15 mm Hg. Anterior segment examination of the left eye revealed a mass on the lower eyelid with hard consistency, no erythe

SUBMITTER: Sumual V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11509491 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature