Eye
Eyelid
Melanocytic tumors
Melanoma-eyelid
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 February 2014
Last staff update: 23 September 2020
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PubMed Search: Melanoma [title] of eyelid [title]
Cite this page: Pernick N. Melanoma-eyelid. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyeeyelidmelanoma.html. Accessed March 22nd, 2023.
Definition / general
- Rare
- May originate from nevus, acquired melanosis or de novo
- Poor prognosis due to early metastasis via lymphatics or bloodstream
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy has been used for melanoma of eyelid
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Resembles skin tumors more than globe tumors
- Spindled or epithelioid cells with marked atypia and invasion into dermis
