Epithelial lacrimal gland tumour.

The authors had studied retrospectively 14 patients with epithelial lacrimal gland tumours at the Department of Ophtalmology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, between January 1991 and December 1994. 10 patients (71.43%) were male and 4 patients (28.57%) were female. In 8 cases (57.14%) the right eye was affected, in 6 (42.86%) the left. The age range was 13-72 years, average 33.57 years. The chief complaints were proptosis and palpable mass. The direction of the globe was downward displacement and downward and medial displacement. The pathological sections showed 9 benign mixed tumours or pleomorphic adenoma (64.29%) and 5 adenoid cystic adenoma (35.71%).