title: [Unilateral eyelid swelling in naevus flammeus faciei. Problems in differential diagnosis of unilateral eyelid swelling].
abstract: A 32-year-old white woman presented with persistent swelling of the right upper eyelid for diagnosis and therapy. History and physical examination revealed a faint nevus flammeus on the right side of her face and neck and bilateral blepharochalasis, both of which can produce unilateral periorbital swelling. A biopsy taken for histology was diagnostic in this case, since it showed lymphoedema secondary to lymphangiectasias associated with the patient's port-wine stain. Many other possible causes of unilateral lid swelling have to be considered and excluded before a definite diagnosis can be established. The differential diagnosis is discussed.
authors: Dermatologische Universitätsklinik, Erlangen.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Mahler
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Kiesewetter
authors: O P
authors: OP
authors: Hornstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007715:Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Einseitige Lidschwellung bei Naevus flammeus faciei. Problematik der Differentialdiagnose unilateraler Lidschwellungen.