A 60-year-old lady presented with a fleshy mass at the
nasal limbus of the right eye of two months’ duration
which was progressively increase in size. Right eye
examinations showed a fleshy exophytic mass arising
from inferonasal limbus with the base involving cornea
and conjunctiva. There was presence of few big feeder
vessels at medial part of the mass. The mass had
keratinized surface and bled easily on palpation. Excision
of the mass was performed in order to rule out
conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma. Histopathological
examination of the mass revealed malignant spindle cells
arranged in interlacing bundles with prominent nucleoli,
abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm and atypical mitotic
activity. There were positive immunohistochemical
staining
for
actin,
histopathological
vimentin
features
were
and
S-100.
consistent
The
with
leiomyosarcoma of the conjunctiva. There was no sign of
recurrence at 5 month post excision.
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Conjunctival Leiomyosarcoma
Loo Wan-Wei1, 3, Ahmad-Alwi Azma-Azalina1, Zakariah Sakinah1, Awang Saleena2, Ismail Shatriah3, 4* and Embong Zunaina3, 4
Corresponding Author: Shatriah Ismail
Received: Feb 25, 2015
Accepted: Apr 01, 2015
Published: Apr 04, 2015
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DOI: 10.14437
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Wan-Wei et al. (2015), Conjunctival Leiomyosarcoma. Aperito J Ophthalmol 1:108
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