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...

We present our findings in a case of primary neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) of the lacrimal gland and a case of primary Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) of the eyelid. An 86-year-old man noticed a swelling of the left upper eyelid three months earlier. We performed excision biopsy and histopathological examination indicated that he had a primary NEC of the left lacrimal gland. He underwent chemother...

a 75-year-old woman presented with six months history of progressing lagophthalmos and immobility of the left eye. magnetic resonance imaging (mri) of the orbit demonstrated infiltration of orbital fat and the extra-ocular muscles. we performed transverse blepharotomy of the left eyelid to correct lagophthalmos; and during surgery, we took a biopsy sample from levator muscle and orbital fat. af...

Trichoepithelioma is a benign skin tumor and is most commonly found on the face, however, there are few reports about its occurrence on the eyelids. It is not usually recognized because of its rarity, origin, biological potential, and controversial classification. The purpose of this paper is to report two cases of solitary trichoepithelioma on the eyelid, their histopathology and treatment. Th...

Linear basal cell carcinoma (BCC), which has a ratio of its long and short axes of more than 3: 1, is a distinct clinical entity among BCC. We report the first case report of a linear BCC in an Asian patient. An 87 year-old woman presented with an ulcerated black nodule, 15x5mm (3: 1), on her nasojungal fold of the right lower eyelid. The tumor was excised with 5 mm safety margin. The pathologi...

OBJECTIVE To determine the primary sites, clinical features, treatment, and outcome of 20 patients with cancer metastatic to the eyelids. METHODS Retrospective review of medical records. RESULTS The primary tumors included skin melanoma (4 [20%]), uveal melanoma (4 [20%]), breast carcinoma and conjunctival melanoma (3 [15%] each), renal cell carcinoma (2 [10%]), and medullary thyroid carcin...

BACKGROUND Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) of the eyelid is a rare malignant solid tumor of the elderly, which demonstrates a large, firm, reddish nodule mimicking an angiomatous lesion. The expression of erythropoietin (Epo) and Epo receptor (EpoR), as well as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), VEGF receptor (VEGFR) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) were examined in human MCC tissu...