title: Metastatic breast cancer to the lower eyelid.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a case of metastatic breast cancer to the lower eyelid and to review the literature.regarding the epidemiology and clinical features of cutaneous metastases to the eyelid.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report describing a 68-year-old female with metastatic breast cancer to the lower eyelid.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Biopsy of the lower eyelid lesion revealed histopathologic features consistent with metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cutaneous metastases to the eyelid are rare however should be in the differential diagnosis of patients with solitary nodules, ulceration, and skin changes involving the eyelid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Health Care, Mississippi, USA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Goodier
authors.forename: J Randall
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013524:Surgical Flaps