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Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122:1538-1540.

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Among all orbital masses in children, tumors and related lesions of the lacrimal gland are very uncommon (1.8%-2.4%). Most of these prove to be nongranulomatous or granulomatous chronic dacryoadenitis, with only a few being neoplasms.¹

Pleomorphic adenoma (benign mixed tumor) of the lacrimal gland (PALG) is a benign tumor that mostly arises in the orbital lobe. It is quite common in adults but very rare in children. In published series of orbital masses in children by Shields et al¹ and Kodsi et al,² 340 and 250 masses, respectively, included no case of PALG. We are aware of only 4 cases reported in children aged 14 years or younger and another 3 cases reported in adolescents, with the first being reported in 1938 by Sanders³ and with a 6-year-old boy as the youngest patient at the time of diagnosis.⁴ Mercado et al⁵ reported the case of a PALG in a 15-year-old . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Tobias Stupp, MD; Mitrofanis Pavlidis, MD; Thomas F. Buchner, MD; Christian August, MD; Holger Busse, MD

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