Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the conjunctiva. A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study
J. D. Cameron and M. R. Wick
Rhabdomyosarcoma of the conjunctiva is a rare lesion, with few previously
reported cases. We have observed such a tumor occurring in a 16-year-old
girl. The clinical and pathologic entities to be considered in differential
diagnosis in such cases are several; in this circumstance, immunohistologic
reactivity for desmin and myoglobin (two muscle-related proteins) allows a
definitive interpretation of rhabdomyosarcoma to be made. This article
documents the clinicopathologic features of the epibulbar rhabdomyosarcoma
seen in our patient and discusses the immunocytochemical characteristics of
myogenic tumors in general, in the context of ocular neoplasia.
