Korean Journal of Ophthalmology  2007;21(3):169-171

doi:10.3341/kjo.2007.21.3.169

A Solitary Fibrofolliculoma in the Eyelid.

June Kyu CHANG 1 ; Dong Cho LEE ; Moo Hwan CHANG

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Keywords

Eyelid neoplasm; Solitary fibrofolliculoma

Country

Republic 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.