[Clinical Picture] A rare location of palpebral rhabdomyosarcoma

We report the case of a 2-year-old child with a tumour of the left upper eyelid, which had been growing rapidly for the past 2 weeks before he presented at the paediatric emergency department in July, 2014. On examination, the child was in good general health, afebrile, and presented with a substantial chemosis of the left eye, which was complicated with ptosis and preseptal cellulitis. On admission to the emergency department, several potential diagnoses were discussed: cellulitis, insect sting, post-traumatic haematoma, vascular tumour, and rhabdomyosarcoma (figure, A).

Source: The Lancet Oncology - December 30, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Hafssa Essafi, Ibtissam Hajji, Souhaib Aboutoufail, Houda Ahammou, Leila Soltani, Abdeljalil Moutaouakil Tags: Clinical Picture Source Type: research