title: Eccrine hidrocystoma of the eyelid.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report on the clinical features of eccrine hidrocystoma involving the eyelid.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data on a series of consecutive patients with histopathologically confirmed diagnosis were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 34 patients, 69 tumours were identified. The mean age at diagnosis was 59 years (range 39-91 years). The majority (71%) of patients had only a single tumour. The tumours appeared as a small (median size=1 mm) clear cystic lesion with 87% located near the eyelid margin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The eccrine hidrocystoma is a benign small cystic tumour that characteristically occurs close to but does not involve the eyelid margin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmic Oncology, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA. SINGHA@CCF.ORG
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McCloskey
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Slater
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004439:Eccrine Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D018251:Hidrocystoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*