Difference between revisions of "Eyelid"

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The eyelid is occasionally sent to pathology. Information about the eye is found in the eye article.

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.

↑ 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.

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-The '''eye lid''' is occasionally sent to [[pathology]].  Information about the eye is found in the ''[[eye]]'' article.
+The '''eyelid''' is occasionally sent to [[pathology]].  Information about the eye is found in the ''[[eye]]'' article.
 ==General==
-*Eye lid 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>
 **21 were [[basal cell carcinoma]]