A Solitary Fibrofolliculoma in the Eyelid
Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
; : 169-171, 2007.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To report the first case of a solitary eyelid fibrofolliculoma and to review the literature. METHODS: A 37-year-old female patient visited the outpatient department with a lesion in the right upper lid that had been growing steadily for a year. The patient had visited the local clinic, and under the diagnosis of chalazion had received incision and curettage twice, but the lesion had recurred. RESULTS: The 5 x 5 mm lesion was located near the upper lid margin. It was a red, hemispheric, smooth nodule, relatively solid to palpation and not painful. Excision and biopsy were performed, and through a histological exam, the diagnosis of fibrofolliculoma was later confirmed. CONCLUSIONS: Solitary fibrofolliculoma is rare, and to the authors' knowledge, a lesion arising in the eyelid has not yet been reported. Fibrofolliculoma should be included in the differential diagnosis when a localized mass lesion arising in the eyelid is encountered.
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Main subject:
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
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Chalazion
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Eyelid Neoplasms
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Fibroma
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
Year:
2007
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Article