title: Oncocytoma of the eyelid: an aggressive benign tumor.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors report the case of an 83-year-old patient with a benign oncocytoma of the inferior eyelid.
  
  
  METHODS
  INTERVENTIONal case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Treatment consisted of a large orbital exenteration followed by reconstruction with a pedicled temporalis muscle flap.
  
  
  METHODS
  Histologic evaluation and clinical follow-up were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After a year of follow-up, there was no sign of local recurrence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oncocytomas, even if benign, must be considered as very aggressive tumors and treated accordingly.
authors.affiliation: Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, CHU A Michallon, Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Morand
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bettega
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bland
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pinel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lebeau
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Raphael
mesh_terms: D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019882:Blepharoplasty; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed