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Case Reports
. 2017 May/Jun;33(3S Suppl 1):S136-S138.
doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000671.

Carcinoma Ex Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Lacrimal Gland with Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma Histologic Type

Ema Avdagic  1 , Nicholas Farber, Nora Katabi, Roman Shinder
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Carcinoma Ex Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Lacrimal Gland with Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma Histologic Type

Ema Avdagic et al. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 May/Jun.

Abstract

A 53-year-old woman presented with a 1-month history of decreased vision and progressive left periorbital fullness. Exam and radiography confirmed a left lacrimal gland mass causing mass effect on the globe and a compressive optic neuropathy. Orbitotomy with excisional biopsy confirmed carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma with epithelial and myoepithelial differentiation. Following a negative systemic workup, the patient underwent radiation therapy and remains free of clinical or radiographic disease 24 months following surgery. Herein the presentation, radiography, histopathology, and treatment outcome of a rare case of lacrimal gland epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma is described.

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