Ciliary body medulloepithelioma association with pleuropulmonary blastoma in a familial tumor predisposition syndrome.

Ciliary body medulloepithelioma can rarely present in association with pleuropulmonary blastoma as part of a familial tumor predisposition syndrome. This is thought to occur secondary to a germline mutation in the DICER1 gene. The authors describe a case of ciliary body medulloepithelioma in a 9-year-old girl with a known medical history of pleuropulmonary blastoma.