title: Primary typical carcinoid tumor of the eyelid.
abstract: A 70-year-old woman presented with a slow-growing right lower eyelid lesion. Histopathologic and immunohistochemical evaluation of an excisional biopsy revealed a neuroendocrine neoplasm, consistent with a typical carcinoid tumor. Systemic investigation for occult visceral primary tumor was negative. Re-excision of the lesion for free surgical margins was performed. Eight months later, the patient remains well with no evidence of other primary malignancy or metastatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and daggerOphthalmology, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY10003, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kropinak
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.forename: Codrin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iacob
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: McCormick
authors.forename: Tatyana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Milman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed