International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 3

Lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma of orbital adnexa: A rare case report

  • Author:
  • Lohit Kumar Kalita1,, Chayanika Kalita2, Ahmed Ali3, Umesh Chandra Sharma4
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 702 to 704

1Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology, Guwahati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India

2Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Guwahati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India

3Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Guwahati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India

4Vice Chancellor, Srimanta Sankadeva University of Health sciences, Narakasur HillTop, Guwahati, Assam, India

*Corresponding author email: lkkalita2013@gmail.com

Online published on 29 July, 2015.

Abstract

Lymphoepithelioma like squamous cell carcinoma is an extremely rare malignancy in ocular adnexa. Here we have reported a case presenting with a growth arising from the adnexa of the right orbit with gradual loss of vision followed by enlargement of the growth with ulceration and sudden loss of vision. Biopsy was taken from the adnexa of the eye which revealed it to be Lymphoepithelioma type of squamous cell carcinoma.

Keywords

Carcinoma, Malignant, Vision