A histopathological study of ophthalmic lesions

Ophthalmic lesions include a wide spectrum of conditions ranging from benign lesions to precancerous lesions and malignant lesions. The diagnosis of these lesions is based on the clinical as well as histopathological features. This was a prospective study of ophthalmic lesions conducted in the department of pathology of Nepal Medial College teaching hospital over a period of one year (September 2012 - August 2013). In this study period, we received total 11 ophthalmic biopsies. Out of these, 54.5% cases were conjunctival lesions and 45.5% cases were eye lid lesions. The age range was from 8 years to 40 years with the mean age of 25.5 years. All the cases were benign lesions, papilloma being the most common clinical and histopathological diagnosis. Other lesions like inclusion cyst, dermoid cyst, seborrheic keratosis, pilomatrixoma, nevus and molluscum contagiosum are also included in our study.