Ciliochoroidal metastasis as the initial manifestation of an occult soft-tissue extraosseous sarcoma in a 10-year-old girl

Swathi Kaliki; Ralph C Eagle Jr; Carol L Shields; Jerry A Shields

doi:10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.11.018

Ciliochoroidal metastasis as the initial manifestation of an occult soft-tissue extraosseous sarcoma in a 10-year-old girl

J AAPOS. 2013 Apr;17(2):217-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.11.018.

Authors

Swathi Kaliki¹, Ralph C Eagle Jr, Carol L Shields, Jerry A Shields

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Wills Eye Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

PMID: 23622454
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.11.018

Abstract

Uveal metastases are rare in children and metastasis from sarcoma is rare at any age. We report a purportedly healthy 10-year-old girl who developed ciliochoroidal metastasis from an occult primary extraosseous sarcoma of the ankle region. The patient died from widespread metastases 6 months after enucleation despite intensive chemotherapy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ankle
Child
Choroid Neoplasms / secondary*
Ciliary Body / pathology*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / pathology*
Sarcoma / secondary*
Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology*