purpose: to report a case of isolated eyelid pseudotumor. case report: a 40-year-old man presented with swelling and erythema of the right upper eyelid of 4 months duration. multiple topical and systemic antibiotics had been administrated without any response. incisional biopsy and evaluation of the lesion disclosed a diagnosis of eyelid pseudotumor. oral prednisolone was initiated and then tap...

The skin is an unusual location for métastases from visceral carcinoma, and cutaneous métastases from gastric carcinoma are rare. Cutaneous métastases display various clinical features, but usually occur as non-specific firm nodules. However, no cases of occult métastases from gastric carcinoma have been reported. We describe here a patient with clinically unapparent cutaneous metastasis fi^om ...

purpose: to report a rare malignant melanoma with chalazion-like presentation.  case report: a 36-year old woman with a chalazion-like mass in the left upper lid, having been resected twice, was referred to our center for the management of recurrence. the total resection of the suspicious area was done. histopathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of malignant melanoma. the appropriate r...

Editor’s note: My thanks to the moderator, David W. Furnas, MD (board-certified plastic surgeon and ASAPS member, Orange, CA), and to panelists Nicholas Taylor Iliff, MD (board-certified ophthalmologist, Baltimore, MD); David M. Metzner, MD (board-certified plastic surgeon and ASAPS member, Metairie, LA); and Francis G. Wolfort, MD (board-certified plastic surgeon and ASAPS member, Boston, MA) ...

BACKGROUND Early diagnosis of malignancy of eyelids can save the visual system from metastasis. The study was carried out to determine its pattern of prevalence, which will be a milestone for the ophthalmologists to design a clinical strategy for early intervention. METHODS Retrospectively, we studied 155 eyelid cases from 2000 to June 2009 carried out through histopathologic confirmation. Th...

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...

PURPOSE To analyze the results of radical radiotherapy by electron beams for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the eyelid and to find the possible prognostic factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Records of 38 patients with histologically confirmed SCC of the eyelid who underwent electron beam radiation therapy between 1964 and 2010 in our institution were retrospectively reviewed. Median tumor size ...