Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a protozoan disease which is endemic in Iran. It is transmitted by the Phlebotomus sand fly. The eyelid is rarely involved possibly because the movement of the lids impedes the sand fly from biting the skin in this region. Here, we report 6 rare cases of eyelid CL. The patients were diagnosed by skin scraping, culture, and PCR from the lesions. Skin scraping exam...

The operative treatment of chalazion by incision and evacuation of the contents with a curette is correctly described. The treatment of lacrimal abscess by incision, scraping and probing is recommended as preferable to an expectant treatment. Some of the prescriptions which Al-Ghafiqi gives contain curious ingredients. For loss of pigment of the eyelashes or canities the receipt is as follows:-...

PURPOSE To report the first case of a solitary eyelid fibrofolliculoma and to review the literature. METHODS A 37-year-old female patient visited the outpatient department with a lesion in the right upper lid that had been growing steadily for a year. The patient had visited the local clinic, and under the diagnosis of chalazion had received incision and curettage twice, but the lesion had re...

PURPOSE To report a case of a 25-year-old woman with previously treated peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) presenting with a recurrent lower eyelid lesion. PATIENTS AND METHOD Case report. RESULTS A 25-year-old young woman with previously treated PTCL noted an induration in the skin of her left lower eyelid. Upon diagnosis of a chalazion, antibiotic eye drops and ointments as well as steroid...

CYSTS of Krause's glands usually occur as retention cysts in cicatricial conditions of the conjunctiva such as trachoma, or pemphigus (Stoewer, 1892; Thompson and Chatterton, 1905; Contino, 1960; Caocci, 1932) or after the scar caused by excision of chalazion (Paton, 1919). Giri (1936) and Butler (1907) reported cases wherein no conjunctival scarring was evident. The cysts occur in the upper fo...

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare cutaneous tumor and cases located in the eyelid have been described, but still its rarity may lead to difficulty in diagnosis and delay in treatment. A 51-year-old female patient that presented with large lesions in the eyelid underwent surgery after the diagnosis of acute chalazion. Following respiratory distress secondary to pulmonary metastasis, the pati...

The operative treatment of chalazion by incision and evacuation of the contents with a curette is correctly described. The treatment of lacrimal abscess by incision, scraping and probing is recommended as preferable to an expectant treatment. Some of the prescriptions which Al-Ghafiqi gives contain curious ingredients. For loss of pigment of the eyelashes or canities the receipt is as follows:-...