Eye
Eyelid
Tumors
Tumors general-eyelid
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 February 2014
Last staff update: 29 December 2020
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PubMed Search: Eyelid tumors [title]
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Definition / generalCite this page: Pernick N. Tumors general-eyelid. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyeeyelidtumorsgeneral.html. Accessed September 25th, 2023.
Definition / general
- Consist of epithelial tumors originating in skin and conjunctival surfaces (squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma), glandular tumors originating from sebaceous, sweat and apocrine glands and hair follicles
- Also lymphoid and melanocytic tumors
- Occasionally Kaposi sarcoma, fibrous histiocytoma and other sarcomas
- Regional lymph nodes are pretarsal and posttarsal plexuses, which are anastamosed
- Lateral 2/3 of upper eyelid and lateral 1/3 of lower eyelid drain into preauricular nodes
- Remaining lymphatics drain into submandibular nodes
- Local extension includes soft tissue of orbit, lacrimal gland and globe
- Frozen section (Mohs technique) useful to minimize size of excised tissue
- Metastases to cervical, axillary and mediastinal lymph nodes, lung, liver and other viscera
