A Solitary Fibrofolliculoma in the Eyelid.
10.3341/kjo.2007.21.3.169
- Author:
June Kyu CHANG
1
;
Dong Cho LEE
;
Moo Hwan CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. cataract@empal.com
- Publication Type:Case Report ; Review
- Keywords:
Eyelid neoplasm;
Solitary fibrofolliculoma
- MeSH:
Adult;
Chalazion/*diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Eyelid Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery;
Female;
Fibroma/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery;
Humans;
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
- From:Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
2007;21(3):169-171
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
