Unusual primary ocular neoplasm in a child: leiomyosarcoma of the ciliary body

Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2008 Nov-Dec;11(6):479-81. doi: 10.2350/07-02-0231.1. Epub 2007 Jun 27.

Abstract

Primary uveal-tract neoplasms are extremely rare in childhood; the most common lesions found are melanocytic. We report here the case of a 7-year-old girl who underwent enucleation of the right eye with clinical suspicion of choroid melanoma as a result of a ciliary body mass that extended to the posterior chamber. Histologically, the neoplasm featured spindle cell morphology, atypia, and mitoses. The tumor expressed smooth muscle alpha actin, pan-actin HHF-35, and desmin, whereas immunohistochemistry for melanocytic markers, such as S-100, Melan-A, and HMB-45, was negative. Based on these features, the diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma of the ciliary body was firmly established. Although several leiomyomas have been reported in the literature, there are only 2 previously reported cases of primary leiomyosarcoma of the uveal tract. Immunohistochemical expression of muscle proteins allowed distinction from the most common melanocytic tumors arising in this location.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Child
  • Choroid / pathology
  • Ciliary Body / chemistry
  • Ciliary Body / pathology*
  • Ciliary Body / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Eye Enucleation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Leiomyosarcoma / chemistry
  • Leiomyosarcoma / pathology*
  • Leiomyosarcoma / surgery
  • Melanoma / diagnosis
  • Uveal Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Uveal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uveal Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor