Eyelid Schwannoma Mimicking Eyelid Amelanotic Nevus

Inflammatory pseudotumor of eyelid: a probable IgG4-related sclerosing disease clinically mimicking eyelid pilomatrixoma

BACKGROUND Ocular adnexal IgG4-related sclerosing disease (IgG4-SD) has been categorized as a novel disease entity. It is characterized by stromal sclerosis and an infiltration of mass-forming lymphoplasmic cells containing many IgG4-positive plasma cells. Although ocular adnexal tissue involvement has been increasingly reported, a focal nodular sub-brow mass is not typical in an IgG4-SD presen...

Superficial epithelioid schwannoma presenting as a subcutaneous upper eyelid mass.

scleritis have been reported following pterygium surgery,3 scleral buckling procedures4 and cataract surgery.5 Trauma has been described as a cause for mycotic scleritis,67 but our patient did not recall any eye injury. Although these reported cases refer to exogenous infections, with agents other than A niger, they do show similarities to our case. Clinically, severe headaches and periocular p...

Amelanotic blue nevus

CLINICAL PRESENTATION A 38-year-old woman presented to clinic with a solitary 6.53 4-mm sharply demarcated ivory-white papule on her left temple of unknown duration (Fig 1). The lesion had a smooth surface without scale or ulceration. Small perifollicular dells were also noted. The patient reported no symptoms but believed the lesion recently turned white. She had no other similarly appearing l...

Upper eyelid approach to lower eyelid blepharoplasty.

Eyelid twitching

I am a 24 year old female, and I would consider myself to be a very anxious person (and have always been that way). For the past few months, I have been experiencing a problem with an eyelid spasm. It's always my right eye, and the lid flutters up and down a lot, sometimes lasting for a few days. It doesn't hurt, but is very annoying! I've had people tell me that it's due to stress and/or lack ...