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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the eyelid skin
C Zhang1, K E Ticho, B H Ticho
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Illinois 60612, USA.
Purpose:
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma involving the eye or its adnexa generally arises from the conjunctiva. We describe a nodular lesion of the lower eyelid skin with histologic features consistent with low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma.
Method:
Case report.
Results:
By histology, the tumor demonstrated areas of squamous cell carcinoma and scattered islands of mucin-secreting cells. Histochemistry showed hyaluronidase-resistant mucin and intense immunoreactivity with an antibody against carcinoembryonic antigen suggesting that the tumor originated from acrosyringeal structures.
Conclusions:
To our knowledge, this is the first report of a mucoepidermoid carcinoma arising from sweat glands in the eyelid skin.