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Abstract
This paper has two main purposes: (1) to report a rare case of paediatric gliosarcoma that invaded the surrounding orbit and (2) to demonstrate chlorpromazine injection as a potential treatment option for blind, painful eye caused by tumour invasion. A 12-year-old man who presented with headaches was found to have glioblastoma multiforme and it was excised and treated with radiation and chemotherapy. Seven months later, the tumour recurred as gliosarcoma, a rare variant of glioblastoma multiforme containing distinct gliomatous and sarcomatous components. In spite of treatment, the tumour progressed and eventually invaded into the right orbit. He subsequently developed a proptotic, blind, painful eye and was treated with retrobulbar chlorpromazine injection, which provided immediate symptomatic relief.
- retrobulbar
- chlorpromazine
- blind
- gliosarcoma
- invasion
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Footnotes
Contributors FJ and AR both directly participated in the planning, execution and analysis of this case report.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent for publication Next of kin consent obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.