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R E Wesley

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Cilia regrowth of shaven eyebrows.

OBJECTIVE: To determine if shaving eyebrows can lead to permanent brow loss. METHODS: Five patients had a single brow randomly shaven, while the unshaven brow served as a control. These patients were evaluated prospectively for brow regrowth during 6 months, and photographs were taken at each visit. Two masked observers analyzed the final photographs to determine if they could identify the side that was shaven. RESULTS: All patients had full brow regrowth by 6 months. The masked observers could not identify shaven side with any consistency. One female patient with sparser, lighter-colored brow cilia waited longer than the other patients for full brow regrowth. CONCLUSION: This small study demonstrates for the first time that full brow cilia regrowth is possible after completely shaving an eyebrow.

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Orbital leiomyosarcoma after retinoblastoma.

Patients with the inherited, bilateral form of retinoblastoma have an increased incidence of osteogenic sarcoma such that the mortality from the secondary tumor exceeds that of the initial bilateral retinoblastoma. We report a 29-year-old male survivor of bilateral retinoblastomas originally diagnosed at 8 months of age, whose treatment eventually included bilateral enucleation, bilateral orbital radiation, and systemic chemotherapy. At age 26, a tumor removed from his right maxillary sinus was diagnosed as fibroma. At age 29, he developed an inferior orbital mass that extended into the right maxillary sinus. A biopsy and comparison with the previous maxillary sinus mass revealed both lesions to be leiomyosarcoma. Both light and electron microscopy supported the diagnosis. The patient has survived treatment with orbital exenteration and maxillectomy combined with postoperative radiation to the right orbital-maxillary area. This appears to be the fourth case of leiomyosarcoma in the third decade of life in a male patient with a previously irradiated orbit after enucleation for bilateral retinoblastoma. Leiomyosarcoma appears to be another orbital tumor associated with bilateral retinoblastoma.

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