The clinical resemblance of carcinoma of the Meibomian gland to the relatively frequent chaiazion should be kept in mind by anyone performing eye lid surgery. A 46-year-oId Korean house wife was first visited here in May 2nd '69 with complaints of localized swelling, ulceration and dull pain on the left upper lid. She had been taken the operation for chaiazion on the same side of the left upper eye lid a year ago. Examination revealed a reddened hard, tender lesion elevating the skin on the medial one third of the left upper lid with ulceration at its center. The tarsal conjunctiva was noted yellowish patches with ulceraion extended to its margin. Local resection with full thickness containing normal tissue around he lesion of upper lid was performed and graft was made in lower lid and rotatory transplantation was given, and pathologic examination revealed adeno-carcinoma of Meibimian gland. There was no evidence of recurrence and metastasis to remote site a year after surgery.
Adenocarcinoma* ; Conjunctiva ; Humans ; Meibomian Glands* ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Recurrence ; Skin ; Spouses ; Transplants ; Ulcer