Pigmented Tumour of Eyelid

Pigmented Tumour of the Eyelid with Unexpected Findings

A 63-year-old patient presented with a small painless nodular tumour of his left lower eyelid which had increased in size over the last few weeks. The tumour was excised by wedge resection and submitted for ophthalmopathologic examination. Histopathologic examination revealed a cystic lesion of apocrine origin with focal proliferations. The proliferative cells appeared pleomorphic and displayed...

A Solitary Fibrous Tumour of the Eyelid

OBJECTIVE To report a case of palpebral solitary fibrous tumour (SFT). CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION An elderly man presented with a slow-growing painless mass in the lower conjunctival fornix in the left eye. The lesion was excised and it measured 0.9 cm in maximum diameter. The microscopic features were characteristic of a benign SFT, with immunohistochemical reactivity for vimenti...

Pigmented basal cell carcinoma of the eyelid in Hispanics

BACKGROUND Pigmented basal cell carcinoma (PBCC) of the eyelid has not been well cited in the literature, and is often overlooked in the differential diagnosis of pigmented eyelid lesions. We aim to describe PBCC of the eyelid in Hispanic patients. METHODS Retrospective review of patients with eyelid skin cancer who presented to the Department of Dermatology at the Keck School of Medicine of ...

Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma: immunohistochemical profiles of tumour-infiltrating histiocytes.

Rhabdomyosarcoma of Eyelid: A picture presentation

This is a picture review of a case of orbital rhabdomyosarcoma. The course of patients diagnosis, treatment and outcome is briefly presented.