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*Eyelid lesions are usually benign. | *Eyelid lesions are usually benign. | ||
**In a series of 1,541 cases only 22 were malignant.<ref name=pmid26028084>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gundogan | first1 = FC. | last2 = Yolcu | first2 = U. | last3 = Tas | first3 = A. | last4 = Sahin | first4 = OF. | last5 = Uzun | first5 = S. | last6 = Cermik | first6 = H. | last7 = Ozaydin | first7 = S. | last8 = Ilhan | first8 = A. | last9 = Altun | first9 = S. | title = Eyelid tumors: clinical data from an eye center in Ankara, Turkey. | journal = Asian Pac J Cancer Prev | volume = 16 | issue = 10 | pages = 4265-9 | month = | year = 2015 | doi = | PMID = 26028084 }}</ref> | **In a series of 1,541 cases only 22 were malignant.<ref name=pmid26028084>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gundogan | first1 = FC. | last2 = Yolcu | first2 = U. | last3 = Tas | first3 = A. | last4 = Sahin | first4 = OF. | last5 = Uzun | first5 = S. | last6 = Cermik | first6 = H. | last7 = Ozaydin | first7 = S. | last8 = Ilhan | first8 = A. | last9 = Altun | first9 = S. | title = Eyelid tumors: clinical data from an eye center in Ankara, Turkey. | journal = Asian Pac J Cancer Prev | volume = 16 | issue = 10 | pages = 4265-9 | month = | year = 2015 | doi = | PMID = 26028084 }}</ref> | ||
**21 were [[basal cell carcinoma]] | ***21 were [[basal cell carcinoma]] | ||
**One was [[squamous carcinoma]]. | ***One was [[squamous carcinoma]]. | ||
=Specific entities= | =Specific entities= | ||
Revision as of 12:55, 1 October 2015
The eyelid is occasionally sent to pathology. Information about the eye is found in the eye article.
General
- Eyelid lesions are usually benign.
- In a series of 1,541 cases only 22 were malignant.[1]
- 21 were basal cell carcinoma
- One was squamous carcinoma.
- In a series of 1,541 cases only 22 were malignant.[1]
Specific entities
Xanthelasma
- Xanthelasma palpebrarum redirects here.
General
- ~8% of eyelid tumours in one series.[1]
- Type of xanthoma.[2]
- Associated with increased serum lipid levels.[3]
- Incidence of elevated cholesterol is higher in younger patients.[4]
Gross
- Exophytic lesion (on eyelid or around it) - classically yellow.
DDx:
Microscopic
Features:
- Collection of foamy histiocytes within the dermis.
DDx:
See also
- Eye.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gundogan, FC.; Yolcu, U.; Tas, A.; Sahin, OF.; Uzun, S.; Cermik, H.; Ozaydin, S.; Ilhan, A. et al. (2015). "Eyelid tumors: clinical data from an eye center in Ankara, Turkey.". Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 16 (10): 4265-9. PMID 26028084.
- ↑ Pathania, V.; Chatterjee, M.. "Ultrapulse carbon dioxide laser ablation of xanthelasma palpebrarum: a case series.". J Cutan Aesthet Surg 8 (1): 46-9. doi:10.4103/0974-2077.155084. PMID 25949023.
- ↑ Rubinstein, TJ.; Mehta, MP.; Schoenfield, L.; Perry, JD.. "Orbital xanthogranuloma in an adult patient with xanthelasma palpebrarum and hypercholesterolemia.". Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 30 (1): e6-8. doi:10.1097/IOP.0b013e3182873d13. PMID 23503059.
- ↑ Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 628. ISBN 978-0443066542.