Angiosarcoma is a highly malignant vascular tumor of endothelial origin. Initially, a cutaneous manifestation presents as a singular or multifocal bruise-like patches on the skin, most frequently on the face, the scalp or the neck regions. On progression, the lesions become violaceous, and ill-defined spongy nodular tumors appear. Our patient was a 71-year-old man with a previous history of ang...

UNLABELLED Tufted angioma, first recognized in Japanese literature as "Angioblastoma of Nagakawa", is a rare benign vascular tumour with a variable clinical presentation. It commonly manifests as a macule, papule or nodule in infancy or childhood in the region of the upper trunk and neck. Here in we report two cases of this rare progressive angioma as lesions of the eyelid in adults. Tufted ang...

Calcinosis cutis involves the inappropriate deposition of calcium within the dermis layer of the skin, and is often associated with rheumatoid disease. A 42-year-old woman presented for evaluation of a hard palpable mass on the left upper eyelid. After everting the eyelid, a large papillomatous mass with a broad base was identified on the superior area of the tarsus. The lesion was partially ex...

We report here the case of a man presenting with mucinous eccrine carcinoma (MEC) involving eyelid. This is a rare adencocarcinoma of the skin that originates from the deepest portion of eccrine sweat duct. The aim of our paper is to underline the importance of distinguishing MEC from metastatic carcinomas of the skin, making clinicians aware that what seems to be a harmless benign lesion may b...

Sebaceous adenoma is rare lesion and frequently misdiagnosed clinically as basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma. Sebaceous carcinoma are still rarer lesions taking origin from sebaceous glands.We report a case of sebaceous carcinoma on upper eyelid which was a diagnostic dilemma.Biopsy in this case was sent to us with clinical diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma/Meibomian gland carc...

A 57-year-old male, presented to the oculoplastic clinic with a 2-years history of progressive slowly growing slightly pigmented left lower eyelid mass that was associated with occasional discharge and has been clinically thought to be a benign nevus. The patient denied any history of surgery or trauma related to the site of the lesion. There was no history of pain or visual disturbance. The pa...

A ten-year-old girl presented with swelling on left upper eyelid, multiple hyper pigmented macules and small nodular swellings with hair growth all over the body since birth. Examination revealed hyper pigmented macules >1 cm in diameter, numerous in numbers on both legs. Hyper pigmented nodular lesion was noted in left temporofacial area and swelling on left upper eyelid with restricted upward...

Metastatic tumors to the orbit are rare, especially from a primary pancreatic carcinoma. A 59-year-old man presented with 4 weeks of right eye pain and eyelid swelling. There was right upper eyelid ptosis associated with a right supraduction deficit consistent with a superior divisional third cranial nerve (CN III) palsy. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a right orbital apex lesion. A right ...

Case DescriptionAn eight-year-old Holstein cow with inflammed and abnormal left eyelid was referred to the veterinary clinic of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman. Treatment and OutcomeBecause of involvement of all structures of the eye, exentration was done and abnormal tissues sent for histopathologic examination. Microscopic evaluations revealed mononuclear histiocytes filled with lipid in ...

Cilia are normally found at the eyelid margin, while ectopic cilia are one or more lash follicles appearing in an abnormal position within the eyelid. We herein report two cases of cilia located in the palpebral conjunctiva. A 31-year-old female and a 46-year-old male presented with ectopic cilia in the superior palpebral conjunctiva. Histopathological study of the excised ectopic cilia and rel...