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Arch Ophthalmol. 2001;119:1208-1210.

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Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common primary orbital malignant neoplasm of childhood. However, it constitutes only 4% of all orbital lesions studied by biopsy in children.¹ As it is a highly malignant tumor, prompt diagnosis and treatment are imperative. Current therapeutic regimens of radiation and chemotherapy have provided 93% 3-year survival.² We herein report a rare variant of orbital rhabdomyosarcoma that showed magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of central cavitation, simulating an orbital lymphangioma.

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An otherwise healthy 4-year-old girl was referred to us because of abrupt-onset proptosis of her right eye (Figure 1). The parents had noted mild painless swelling of the right upper eyelid during the previous 3 weeks.

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Ptosis, proptosis, and inferotemporal displacement of the right eye in a 4-year-old girl.

The visual acuity was 20/20 in each eye. There was 6 mm of right proptosis. Motility was restricted in all gazes, and the right . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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