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Author Spotlight: Anterior HR-OCT as a Non-Invasive Tool for Characterizing Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia
Published on: August 9, 2024
A solitary fibrous tumour of the eyelid
Irene Pecorella1, Filippo Cruciani, Valeria Russo
1Department of Radiologic, Oncologic and Anatomic Pathology, University of Rome 'Sapienza', Rome, Italy.
Objective:
To report a case of palpebral solitary fibrous tumour (SFT).
Clinical Presentation And Intervention:
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.
Conclusion:
This tumour displayed a benign course, with no recurrence after excision. CD34 immunohistochemistry proved to be a useful adjunct to the microscopic diagnosis.
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