Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma in a Bahraini child: report of a case and review of the literature

A case of orbital rhabdomyosarcoma [RMS] in a Bahraini male child was detected in the early stage and confirmed by biopsy. The initial treatment was chemotherapy and radiotherapy, followed by exenteration for the recurrence. The patient survived for three years and three months and eventually died. The details of histopathology, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and review of literature are presented in this article

Bacterial patterns of ocular infections in Bahrain

In a retrospective study of 2700 cases of suspected eye infection referred to the ophthalmic laboratory between the period of June 1979 to June 1983, 795 cases showed noteworthy cultures related to eye problems. The various isolated causative pathogenes of eye infection are reported and culture sensitivities of those isolates were identified

Behavioural patterns of adenocystic carcinoma of lacrimal glands

ADENOCYSTIC carcinoma or a cylindroma is a highly malignant tumour of the salivary glands. Very rarely it arises from the lacrimal gland. Here we report two cases of adenocystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland seen in the last 5 years in Bahrain and treated at Salmaniya Medical Centre with emphasis on the clinical course in relation to the histopathological pattern