Combined dacryops with underlying benign mixed cell tumor of the lacrimal gland.
OBJECTIVE
Computed tomographic scan disclosed a well-defined mass in the right lacrimal fossa of a 57-year-old woman. We excised and examined the mass.


CONCLUSIONS
The mass was a combination of a small benign mixed cell tumor and a large ductal cyst of the lacrimal gland. It is possible that a cyst in the lacrimal duct may mask an underlying neoplasm of the lacrimal gland.
Christie
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New England Eye Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
Woog
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Lahav
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D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed