Primary sebaceous carcinoma of lacrimal gland: a previously unreported primary neoplasm.
We describe a patient who presented with a rapidly growing neoplasm of the lacrimal gland which histologically was a sebaceous gland carcinoma. The eyelid was entirely normal on examination under anaesthesia. Sebaceous differentiation has been described on only three previous occasions, arising within pre-existing tumours of the lacrimal gland such as pleomorphic adenoma. In this case there is a single tumour cell line within normal lacrimal gland, and the eyelid is normal. This points to a previously unreported diagnosis of primary sebaceous carcinoma of the lacrimal gland.
University Department of Ophthalmology and Orthoptics, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
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Harvey
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Parsons
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Rennie
D018266:Adenocarcinoma, Sebaceous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed