Abstract

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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Publication details

DOI
10.4103/ojo.ojo_1_2017
Journal
Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 10(3), 257-258
Publisher
Medknow Publications
Open access
Gold open access

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APA 7

Shah, P. K., Meeralakshmi, P., Shanthi, R., Saravanan, V. R., Kalpana, N., & Narendran, V. (2017). Pigmented ciliary body medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 10(3), 257-258. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_1_2017

MLA 9

Shah, Parag K, et al. "Pigmented ciliary body medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 10, no. 3, 2017, pp. 257-258. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_1_2017.

Chicago (author–date)

Shah, Parag K, Prajna Meeralakshmi, R Shanthi, V R Saravanan, Narendran Kalpana, and Venkatapathy Narendran. 2017. "Pigmented ciliary body medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology 10 (3): 257-258. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_1_2017.

Harvard

Shah, P. K., Meeralakshmi, P., Shanthi, R., Saravanan, V. R., Kalpana, N. and Narendran, V. (2017) 'Pigmented ciliary body medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant', Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 10(3), pp. 257-258. doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_1_2017.

Vancouver

Shah PK, Meeralakshmi P, Shanthi R, Saravanan VR, Kalpana N, Narendran V. Pigmented ciliary body medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology. 2017;10(3):257-258. doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_1_2017

IEEE

P. K. Shah, P. Meeralakshmi, R. Shanthi, V. R. Saravanan, N. Kalpana, and V. Narendran, "Pigmented ciliary body medulloepithelioma in a newborn infant," Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 257-258, 2017, doi: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_1_2017.