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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Avicenna J Med 2019; 9(01): 37
DOI: 10.4103/ajm.AJM_149_18
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Aggressive recurrent orbital rhabdomyosarcoma in adulthood

Tagrid Yr Ahmad
Department of Internal Medicine, Tishreen Hospital, Damascus, Syria
,
Hasan Nr Al Houri
Department of Internal Medicine, Al Assad University Hospital; Department of Internal Medicine, Al Mouwasat University Hospital, Damascus, Syria
,
Abdullah Nr Al Houri
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Syria
,
Nagham Yr Ahmad
Department of Ophthalmology, Yusuf Al-Azma Hospital, Damascus, Syria
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Sir,

We have read with great interest the reply to our case report, entitled as a letter to the editor. As human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) plays a significant immunosuppressive role, it is accompanied by various types of malignancies, especially Kaposi’s sarcoma, cervical cancer, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[1],[2] The letter presents a new perspective to the case of orbital rhabdomyosarcoma in adulthood and its aggressiveness. In our case, unfortunately, we are not able to communicate with the patient anymore, as he has not attended the follow-up session later for reasons that are not known. Hoping new studies can shed light on this topic.



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09 August 2021

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