Benign Eyelids, Conjunctival, Intraocular and Orbital Tumors in Children: Epidemiology and Review of Literature
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Benign eyelid, conjunctival, intraocular and orbital tumors are the most common neoplasm in daily ophthalmology practice. Benign tumors largely predominated over malignant ones, representing about 84% of cases in many series, and the 5 most frequent subtypes of eyelids tumor were squamous cell papilloma (26%), seborrheic keratosis (21%), melanocytic nevus (20%), hidrocystoma (8%), and xanthoma/xanthelasma (6%). Basal cell carcinoma was the most frequent malignant tumor (86%), followed by squamous cell carcinoma (7%) and sebaceous carcinoma (3%). For several tumor subtypes, there was a poor correlation between clinical and histological diagnosis, stressing the numerous pitfalls in the diagnosis of these tumors. Further discussionis needed with reference to previously published data. Keywords: Benign, Tumor, Eyelid, Conjunctiva.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Lohit kumar Kalita, Dr. Mir Alam Siddique, Dr Umesh Ch. Sarma
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