Leiomyosarcoma of the conjunctiva

V A White; K F Damji; J S Richards; J Rootman

doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(91)32087-6

Leiomyosarcoma of the conjunctiva

Ophthalmology. 1991 Oct;98(10):1560-4. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(91)32087-6.

Authors

V A White¹, K F Damji, J S Richards, J Rootman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Vancouver General Hospital, BC, Canada.

PMID: 1961645
DOI: 10.1016/s0161-6420(91)32087-6

Abstract

The clinical, light microscopic, immunohistologic, and ultrastructural findings of a leiomyosarcoma of the conjunctiva are presented. This tumor was diagnosed after a 26-year history and is the first to be adequately documented as having arisen in the conjunctiva.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Conjunctival Neoplasms / metabolism
Conjunctival Neoplasms / pathology*
Conjunctival Neoplasms / ultrastructure
Cytoskeletal Proteins / metabolism
Diagnosis, Differential
Eye Enucleation
Humans
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Leiomyosarcoma / metabolism
Leiomyosarcoma / pathology*
Leiomyosarcoma / ultrastructure
Male

Substances

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Cytoskeletal Proteins