title: Eyelid-parotid metastasis: do we screen for coexisting masses? A case series.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report three cases illustrating that it is not unusual for a primary eyelid tumour to metastasise to the parotid gland and vice versa.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two patients with malignant parotid tumours underwent radical parotidectomy and presented subsequently with eyelid lesions. Biopsy showed that both eyelid lesions were histologically similar to the primary parotid tumour. A third patient was noted to have ipsilateral upper eyelid and parotid gland tumours. Histology and immunocytochemistry were used to differentiate the primary tumour and the metastasis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These cases illustrate that tumours involving eyelids and parotid glands can present simultaneously or sequentially, and either of these structures could be the focus of primary or metastatic tumour. The important message for oculoplastic and parotid surgeons is to routinely assess both the periocular and parotid area when patients present with a mass in either structure.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department,University Hospital Coventry,UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department,University Hospital Coventry,UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadiq
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department,University Hospital Coventry,UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department,University Hospital Coventry,UK.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D059248:Chemoradiotherapy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
keywords: Eyelids; Histopathology; Immunocytochemistry; Metastasis; Parotid Neoplasms; Tumors