Intra-ocular medulloepithelioma as a masquerade for PHPV and Panophthalmitis: a Diagnostic Dilemma

Intra-ocular medulloepithelioma as a masquerade for PHPV and Panophthalmitis: a Diagnostic Dilemma

A previously diagnosed child of persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV) with painless blind eye remained clinically silent for about 3 years follow-up. The child suddenly presented as a case of orbital cellulitis and panopthalmitis with meningitis. No definite mass lesion was detected on ult...

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Main Authors: Neelam Pushker, Mandeep S. Bajaj, Ashutosh K. Singh, Gautam Lokdarshi, Sameer Bakhshi, Seema Kashyap
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-04-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Medulloepithelioma
Intra-ocular
PHPV
Cellulitis
Panophthalmitis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319453417300103
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Summary:A previously diagnosed child of persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV) with painless blind eye remained clinically silent for about 3 years follow-up. The child suddenly presented as a case of orbital cellulitis and panopthalmitis with meningitis. No definite mass lesion was detected on ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) scan. Histopathology of the enucleated eye revealed intra-ocular medulloepithelioma as the culprit of sterile panophthalmitis and orbital inflammation.
ISSN:1319-4534

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