BACKGROUND Ocular sebaceous carcinoma is an uncommon, aggressive ocular neoplasm with potential for regional and distant metastasis. CASE PRESENTATION A 77-year-old woman was found to have a solitary pulmonary lesion 6 years after the initial treatment of sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelid. Video-assisted lung wedge resection of an undetermined pulmonary nodule was carried out successfully. Mi...

Dear Editor, Verrucous carcinoma (VC) is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma with low grade, well-differentiated, and very slow-growing malignancy. Due to its local invasiveness and recurrence, the treatment of choice is surgical excision with clear margins. We report a case of a female patient with eyelid VC. A 78-year-old woman presented with a growing mass on the right medial canthal a...

In efforts to solve blepharochalasis, the problem of droopy eyelids that happens as people age, various surgical methods have been developed and disclosed over the years. Among them, classical upper blepharoplasty, the most fundamental procedure, involves excision of redundant eyelid skin in the upper palpebrae [1-4]. This operation utilizes an approach through the lid crease line of the upper ...

PURPOSE To describe a case of trichoblsatoma on the eyelid. CASE REPORT A 45-year-old woman presented with a recurring mass on her upper right eyelid. Histopathological examination revealed well-circumscribed tissue composed of an aggregation of basaloid cells. Immunohistochemistry showed positive staining for CD34 and CD10. The patient underwent total excision of the recurrent mass. CONCLU...

Eyelid burns occur in about 10% of thermal injuries and pose a considerable challenge for the reconstructive surgeon. A consensus on a treatment regime has not been reached and plastic surgeons are divided on the subject. A case of severe bilateral eyelid burns was treated with full- and split-thickness skin grafts. The patient was first operated at 2 years post-injury, and a total of 5 operati...

In the present investigation, a total number of 22 sheep and 29 goats were surveyed for abnormal masses showed frequently on the skin areas (ears, lips, trunk and perineal region) and eyes (either unilateral or bilateral) of both animals. A characteristic clinical signs represented as cachexia, emaciation, anemia and exophthalmic eye or both eyes. The excised masses appeared grossly as nodular ...

SUMMARY We present a brief literature review of the topical immune-modulating medication Imiquimod. The treatment of periorbital melanoma in situ typically requires surgical resection. Here we discuss a case of lower eyelid melanoma in situ successfully treated non-operatively with Imiquimod.

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...

IMPORTANCE The literature on Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) of the eyelid remains scarce, and there has yet to be a study using the most up-to-date TNM staging system for this rare but aggressive tumor. OBJECTIVE To analyze the TNM stage, management, and outcomes of patients with MCC of the eyelid. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Retrospective case series of 21 patients from 5 tertiary refer...

Practitioners are often confronted with the mildly to moderately ill child who presents with an area of distinct redness and/or swelling of the skin around the eyelid. This is often accompanied by purulent conjunctival discharge, fever, purulent rhinorrhea, or concomitant acute otitis media. You must then decide whether this is preseptal cellulitis (peri-orbital cellulitis), orbital cellulitis,...