title: Clinical presentation and management of lacrimal gland tumours.
abstract: This paper presents the clinical and pathological findings in 40 consecutive patients seen with primary tumours arising from the lacrimal gland. Twenty patients had a benign mixed-cell tumour. They presented in a recognisable clinical manner with a painless mass in the region of the lacrimal gland which slowly enlarged over a period of at least 1 year before consultation. Twenty patients had a carcinoma of the lacrimal gland. They had a short history and experienced pain. On clinical grounds they could not be distinguished from inflammatory lesions in the region of the lacrimal gland. The method of treating these 2 groups of patients is described and methods of dealing logically with their problems are suggested.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed