title: [Sub-epidermal calcinosis of the eyelid].
abstract: We report on a 17-year-old male with an asymptomatic yellowish-grayish solitary tumor of the right medial upper lid margin. An excisional biopsy was performed and histopathologic examination revealed subepidermal calcinosis. The other eye showed a granulomatous chrorioretinits of unknown etiology. The relative rare occurrence of subepidermal calcification should be kept in mind when making a differential diagnosis of superficial lid tumors. In our histopathology laboratory this is the first diagnosis of subepidermal calcinosis among 1,400 comparable specimens from 1980 to 1990. A possible relationship between the subepidermal calcification and granulomatous chorioretinitis of the other eye is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Augenklinik mit Poliklinik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: von Below
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Küchle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Subepidermale Kalzinose des Oberlids.