A solitary fibrous tumour of the eyelid.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of palpebral solitary fibrous tumour (SFT).


METHODS
An elderly man presented with a slow-growing painless mass in the lower conjunctival fornix in the left eye. The lesion was excised and it measured 0.9 cm in maximum diameter. The microscopic features were characteristic of a benign SFT, with immunohistochemical reactivity for vimentin, CD34 and Bcl-2 protein. Nuclear staining for progesterone receptor was also observed.


CONCLUSIONS
This tumour displayed a benign course, with no recurrence after excision. CD34 immunohistochemistry proved to be a useful adjunct to the microscopic diagnosis.
Department of Radiologic, Oncologic and Anatomic Pathology, University of Rome 'Sapienza', Rome, Italy.
Irene
I
Pecorella
Filippo
F
Cruciani
Valeria
V
Russo
D000368:Aged; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000276:immunology; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005143:Eyelids; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054364:Solitary Fibrous Tumors / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014746:Vimentin / Q000276:immunology
D018952:Antigens, CD34; D014746:Vimentin