Congenital orbital sarcoma of endothelial origin in an infant : operation and preservation of globe / by Mortimer Frank.

  • Frank, Mortimer, 1874-1919.
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[1903?]
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Credit: Congenital orbital sarcoma of endothelial origin in an infant : operation and preservation of globe / by Mortimer Frank. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONGENITAL ORBITAL SARCOMA OF ENDO- THELIAL ORIGIN IN AN INFANT. OPER- ATION AND PRESERVATION OF GLOBE.* By MORTIMER FRANK, B.Sc. (Mass. Inst. Tech.), M.D.. The literature of orbital sarcoma, especially in young subjects, is extensive, but congenital orbital sarcoma of endothelial origin is certainly not common. In a careful study of the literature on the subject I have not found a case, hence I report this one in the belief that it is unique. A great diversity of opinion exists on the subject of endothelioma, as regards not only its exact place in the oncologic sys- tem, but also its clinical and anatomical significance, leaving many important and numerous questions still unsettled. In many instances it is difficult to decide, from the structure of the tumor alone, whether it is an endothelioma, sarcoma, or adenoma. Some pre- fer to class them as sarcomata, while others describe them as embryonal adenosarcomata. The most striking feature common to this class of neoplasms is the combination of cellular and connective tissue elements, sometimes one predominating and again the other. Of the clinical history of this case, all that is essen- tial may be summarized as follows: Examination: The patient, a male infant, was eight weeks old when first seen on September 12, 1902. The parents were healthy, and the mother, a primipara, said gestation and labor had been nor- mal. At birth a swelling at the inner part of the left upper lid, producing a slight protrusion of the *Read before the Chicago Ophthalmological and Oto- logical Society, October 13, 1903. CHICAGO, ILL. Copyright, William Wood and Company.