title: Squamous cell carcinoma of the lacrimal caruncle: case reports.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report 2 cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the lacrimal caruncle.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two patients, a 38-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman, presented with a painful mass in the medial angle of the eyelid aperture, with signs of inflammation. Biopsy was performed in both cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pathologic examination revealed a keratinized squamous cell carcinoma of the lacrimal caruncle in both cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We report 2 more cases of the rarely found squamous cell carcinoma of the lacrimal caruncle.
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Groningen - The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Mathijs A J
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Van De Put
authors.forename: Barbara I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Haeseker
authors.forename: Didi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Wolff-Rouendaal
authors.forename: Robert J W
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: De Keizer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003228:Conjunctiva; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed