Glomus cell tumor of the eyelid.
METHODS
Glomus cell tumor, a vascular neoplasm, has been rarely reported to occur in the eyelid. The authors examined the clinicopathologic features of two patients with glomus cell tumor of the eyelid.


RESULTS
The tumors occurred as enlarging violaceous to bluish masses. One patient had a solitary eyelid tumor that contained sheets of individual glomus cells. The other patient had eyelid and wrist tumors and multiple family members with similar lesions.


CONCLUSIONS
This report provides clinicopathologic evidence that glomus cell tumor can occur in the eyelid in two different settings; in one setting, the tumor is solitary and sporadic, and in the second setting, it is multiple and familial.
Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.
S J
SJ
Saxe
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HE
Grossniklaus
T H
TH
Wojno
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GL
Hertzler
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M
Boniuk
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RL
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014953:Wrist / Q000473:pathology