title: Review of lacrimal gland lesions.
abstract: A review of 142 lacrimal gland biopsies performed during a 25 year period revealed that 78% of lacrimal gland lesions were of nonepithelial origin and only 22% were primary epithelial neoplasms. The nonepithelial lesions included inflammation (64%) and lymphoid tumors (14%), while the epithelial lesions included dacryops (6%), pleomorphic adenoma (12%), and malignant epithelial tumors (4%). These results contradict the much quoted teaching that 50% of lacrimal gland lesions are primary epithelial tumors and 50% are nonepithelial lesions.
authors.affiliation: Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shields
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000473:pathology; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged