OPHTHALMOLOGY

Systemic Associations

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Entity Eyelid tumor Associated features Locus/gene Neurofibromatosis type 1 Neurofibroma Lisch nodules 17q Café au lait spots NF 1 gene Pheochromocytoma Sturge-Weber Syndrome Diffuse hemangioma Leptomeningeal hemangioma Sporadic Gardner syndrome…

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Surgical Techniques

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Fig. 21.1 Complex conjunctival excision. Large conjunctival lesion being excised with a 4-mm margin of unaffected conjunctiva. (a) Conjunctival flap being fashioned. (b) Partial-thickness scleral incision with a no. 57…

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Conjunctival and Corneal Tumors: Examination Techniques

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Fig. 13.1 Conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia. Clinical photograph (a) and optical coherence tomography (b). Note a hyper-reflective and thickened epithelium with an abrupt transition zone from abnormal to normal epithelium, consistent…

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Fig. 5.1 Squamous cell carcinoma of the upper lid (a) and lower eyelid (b) presenting as an irregular, elevated lesion with masses of keratin Patients with SCC tend to have…

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Sebaceous Gland Carcinoma

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Fig. 6.1 Sebaceous gland carcinoma arising in left upper eyelid – a firm, sessile subcutaneous round nodule fixed to the tarsus (Courtesy of Dr. Santosh Honavar) 6.5.2 Diffuse Thickening of…

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Eyelid Tumors: Cutaneous Melanoma

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Fig. 7.1 A partially pigmented cutaneous melanoma in the lateral aspect of the lower eyelid of the right eye, near the lateral canthus; the lesion changed in shape before the…

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Conjunctival and Corneal Tumors: Classification and Differential Diagnosis

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Epidermal Non-melanocytic Melanocytic Stromal Vascular Neural Myxoid Lipomatous Melanocytic Fibrous tissue Histiocytic Myogenic Lymphoproliferative Congenital Hamartoma Choristoma Caruncular  Metastatic  Secondary  Simulating lesions  Table 14.2 Classification of epidermal tumors of the…

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Examination Techniques

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Sensory: tenderness, itching, visual changes Motor: ptosis, lagophthalmos Structural: visible or palpable lesion, change in symmetry Functional: keratopathy or tearing Secondary: pigmentation, lymphadenopathy 1.2.2 Rate of Onset Rapidity and progression…

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