Oncocytoma of the Lacrimal Duct: A Rare Tumor of the Eyelid

Authors

  • Havva Serap Toru Akdeniz University School of Medicine Department of Pathology
  • Ebru Erol Uzunoglu Dr. Munif Islamoglu Governmet Hospital, Department of Pathology, Kastamonu, Turkey
  • Cigdem Dicle Arican Dr. Munif Islamoglu Governmet Hospital, Department of Pathology, Kastamonu, Turkey
  • Beyhan Demirhan ClinLab Ankara Laboratory, Ankara/Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.16964/er.v4i1.62

Keywords:

oncocytoma, adenomatous, occult, lacrimal duct, lacrimal sac, eyelid

Abstract

This report demonstrates a rare case of lacrimal duct obstruction from a rare tumor.  A 69 year-old otherwise healthy woman presented with a small nodular lesion in the plica semilunaris of left upper eyelid.  Microscopic evaluation of the excised tumor revealed a oncocytoma.

Author Biography

Havva Serap Toru, Akdeniz University School of Medicine Department of Pathology

Pathology MD

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Published

2018-04-03

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2018)

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