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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 257-258 |
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Pigmented ciliary body medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant
Parag K Shah1, Prajna Meeralakshmi2, R Shanthi3, VR Saravanan1, Narendran Kalpana1, Venkatapathy Narendran1
1 Department of Pediatric Retina and Ocular Oncology, Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
2 PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Pathology, Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Parag K Shah
Department of Pediatric Retina and Ocular Oncology, Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore - 641 014, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ojo.OJO_1_2017
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Ciliary body medulloepithelioma is a nonpigmented tumor which presents during the first decade of life. It is rarely seen in newborn infants. We report a pigmented medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant, which showed a rapid growth. Ciliary body medulloepithelioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis in a newborn infant presenting with leukocoria. |
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