Abstract

Purpose

• To study demographic pattern & distribution of various eyelid tumors.
• To study clinical profile of eyelid tumors
• To evaluate clinic-pathological correlation of eyelid tumors.

Methods: 35 Patients presenting to our eye care centre with clinical features suggestive of an eyelid tumor between Jan 2012 & May 2013 were included in the study. Data collected includes age , sex , geographical location , predisposing factors of study population. Provisional diagnosis was made based on clinical features & morphological characteristics of lid swelling, extent of involvement, orbital invasion & associated systemic features. Histo-pathological diagnosis was made from the biopsy specimens obtained. The extent of correlation between the clinical diagnosis & the histopathological diagnosis was analyzed.

Results: 35 patients were included for analysis. Majority of the  patients(31%) were in the age group of 41 to 60 years. 63% patients were females(n=22). 60% of them were from urban areas(n=21).

All the patients presented with complaints of swelling over the eyelid, 11% had mechanical ptosis. 57% of the lesions were located on the upper eyelid.

Histopathologically 17% (n=6) of the tumors were malignant, the rest being benign. Most common tumors were Intradermal naevus 20%, Dermoid cyst 20% & Capillary Hemangioma 20%.

Clinical diagnosis was correlating with pathological diagnosis in 91% of cases (n=31).

Conclusions: This study gives us some insight into the spectrum of eyelid tumors presenting to this tertiary referral centre. A reliable clinical diagnosis can be made based on the morphological & associated features of the mass lesion, which in most cases correlates with the histo-pathological diagnosis.

Keywords: Eyelid, Tumors, histopathology.