Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma of the orbit

Orbit. 2024 Jun;43(3):375-379. doi: 10.1080/01676830.2022.2149820. Epub 2022 Nov 28.

Abstract

A 70-year-old male presented with diplopia and painless proptosis of the left eye for 5 months. Examination showed 6 mm of axial proptosis and restriction of supraduction, abduction and adduction, and mild limitation of infraduction of the left eye. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a large, moderately well-circumscribed intraconal mass in the left lateral orbit, and excisional biopsy was performed. Histopathologic features of mixed fibrous and myxoid areas in a whorl-like pattern and immunohistochemical staining for MUC4 confirmed the diagnosis of low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS). Next-generation sequencing revealed genetic fusion of EWSR1-CREB3L1. LGFMS is an extremely rare neoplasm with only two prior documented cases of orbital involvement. Here, we report the third case of orbital LGFMS.

Keywords: Fibromyxoid; orbit; sarcoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism
  • Biopsy
  • Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / genetics
  • Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / metabolism
  • Diplopia / diagnosis
  • Exophthalmos / diagnosis
  • Fibrosarcoma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibrosarcoma* / genetics
  • Fibrosarcoma* / pathology
  • Fibrosarcoma* / surgery
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Mucin-4 / genetics
  • Mucin-4 / metabolism
  • Orbital Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Orbital Neoplasms* / surgery
  • RNA-Binding Protein EWS / genetics

Substances

  • EWSR1 protein, human
  • RNA-Binding Protein EWS
  • Mucin-4
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • MUC4 protein, human
  • Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein