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Squamous cell carcinoma of the lacrimal caruncle: case reports
Mathijs A J Van De Put1, Barbara I Haeseker, Didi De Wolff-Rouendaal
12 Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Groningen - The Netherlands.
Purpose:
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.
