title: Profile of ocular and adnexal tumours at a tertiary institute of northeast India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the profile of patients with ocular and adnexal tumours presenting at a tertiary eye care institute in northeast India in ten years between 2003 and 2013.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hospital based retrospective review of medical records.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical history, site of involvement and pathological diagnoses were retrieved from ocular pathology registers from October 2003-October 2013. This included conjunctival, orbital, adnexal and intraocular tumours. All specimens were fixed, processed and stained. Immunohistochemistry was carried out where ever indicated to come to a final diagnosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all 1003 cases were included in our study, with 622 (62.01%) benign tumours and 381 (37.98%) malignant tumours. 54.63% were males and 45.36% were females. Amongst the conjunctival tumours, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) (72.5%) and nevus (39.6%) were the most common malignant and benign tumour, respectively. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) (60%) was the most common malignant orbital tumour. Retinoblastoma (RB) (81.5%) was the most common intraocular malignancy, followed by melanoma (18.4%). Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) (35.1%) was the most common malignancy in the lid.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  NHL and SCC were the most frequently seen malignant tumours in adults while RB was the most common intraocular tumour in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ocular Pathology, Uveitis and Neuro-Ophthalmology Services , and.
authors.forename: Dipankar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Panna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deka
authors.forename: Varsha
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramachandra
authors.forename: Kasturi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
authors.forename: Jayanta Kumar
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Ganesh Chandra
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Kuri
authors.forename: Prerana S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Tahiliani
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: Harsha
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
authors.forename: Rajashree
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Apurba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deka
mesh_terms: D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018294:Neoplasms, Adnexal and Skin Appendage / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers
keywords: Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; retinoblastoma; squamous cell carcinoma; tumours