A rare case of progressive ptosis caused by lacrimal gland oncocytoma

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Jul-Aug;27(4):e85-7. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181ef7275.

Abstract

The authors present a case of a healthy 61-year-old woman who presented with a 4-year history of progressive right upper eyelid ptosis. Excisional biopsy revealed malignant oncocytoma, an exceedingly rare tumor of the lacrimal gland.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma, Oxyphilic / complications*
  • Adenoma, Oxyphilic / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenoma, Oxyphilic / pathology
  • Blepharoptosis / etiology*
  • Disease Progression
  • Eye Neoplasms / complications*
  • Eye Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Eye Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / complications*
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed