title: A retrospective analysis of primary eye cancer at the University of Alabama 1958-1988. Part 2: Eyelid tumors.
abstract: Records of 117 patients with eyelid tumors on file at the University of Alabama at Birmingham were reviewed. Basal cell carcinoma was the single most common tumor, followed by squamous cell carcinoma, cutaneous melanoma, meibomian gland carcinoma and sebaceous gland carcinoma. A high percentage of patients with eyelid tumors were found to have secondary skin and non-skin tumors (41 percent).
authors.affiliation: UAB School of Optometry 35294.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cloud
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000407:Alabama / Q000453:epidemiology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000556:secondary