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Glomus cell tumor of the eyelid
S J Saxe1, H E Grossniklaus, T H Wojno
1Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.
Background/Methods:
Glomus cell tumor, a vascular neoplasm, has been rarely reported to occur in the eyelid. The authors examined the clinicopathologic features of two patients with glomus cell tumor of the eyelid.
Results:
The tumors occurred as enlarging violaceous to bluish masses. One patient had a solitary eyelid tumor that contained sheets of individual glomus cells. The other patient had eyelid and wrist tumors and multiple family members with similar lesions.
Conclusion:
This report provides clinicopathologic evidence that glomus cell tumor can occur in the eyelid in two different settings; in one setting, the tumor is solitary and sporadic, and in the second setting, it is multiple and familial.