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Medulloepithelioma of the Optic Nerve Head

1997; American Medical Association; Volume: 115; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160495022

1538-3601

Michael O’Keefe,

Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome

Medulloepithelioma of the optic nerve is a rare developmental tumor. We describe a 2-year-old boy with profound loss of vision associated with a visible tumor of the optic nerve head in his left eye. A clinically diagnosed retinoblastoma necessitated left eye enucleation. The histopathological diagnosis was malignant medulloepithelioma that was incompletely resected. Further tumor resection was required, and the patient received adjunctive chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Four years after treatment, the patient has neither clinical nor radiological evidence of tumor.