Squamous cell carcinoma of the lacrimal caruncle: case reports

Eur J Ophthalmol. 2014 May-Jun;24(3):441-5. doi: 10.5301/ejo.5000399. Epub 2013 Dec 16.

Abstract

Purpose: To report 2 cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the lacrimal caruncle.

Methods: Two patients, a 38-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman, presented with a painful mass in the medial angle of the eyelid aperture, with signs of inflammation. Biopsy was performed in both cases.

Results: Pathologic examination revealed a keratinized squamous cell carcinoma of the lacrimal caruncle in both cases.

Conclusions: We report 2 more cases of the rarely found squamous cell carcinoma of the lacrimal caruncle.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
  • Conjunctiva
  • Eye Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Eye Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Eye Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / pathology*
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / surgery
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed