title: [Pigmented seborrheic wart on the skin of the eyelid].
abstract: Pigmented tumors of the eyelid are often difficult to identify accurately, as different tumors may have the same clinical presentation. We report the case of a 84 year old female patient who noticed a black tumor of the lower eyelid, with a recent increase in size. Clinically, this lesion was an exophytic tumor of the medial part of the left lower eyelid, respecting the lacrimal punctum and involving the palpebral margin. A surgical excision was performed. Microscopic examination revealed a pigmented seborrheic keratosis, a benign tumor of the epidermis. Histopathology has a key role in the precise diagnosis of pigmented tumors of the eyelid, in which the differential diagnosis concludes sweat gland cysts, pigmented basal cell carcinoma, naevus and uncommon malignant melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Service d'ophtalmologie, Hôtel-Dieu, Paris.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: D'Hermies
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Elmaleh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gemin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Renard
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pouliquen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012880:Skin Pigmentation; D014860:Warts / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Verrue séborrhéique pigmentée du versant cutané de la paupière.