J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
2009 Feb;50(2):290-293. 10.3341/jkos.2009.50.2.290.
A Case of Eyelid Schwannoma
- Affiliations
-
- 1Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. khwarg@snu.ac.kr
- 2Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi, Korea.
- 3Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Seoul Artificial Eye Center, Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2212065
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2009.50.2.290
Abstract
-
PURPOSE: To report a rare case of solitary eyelid schwannoma.
CASE SUMMARY
A 60-year-old female visited our clinic with a small cyst-like mass of the left upper eyelid, which had developed 3 years earlier. A 3x3 mm-sized, nonpigmented, cyst-like mass was located in the lateral area of the left upper eyelid margin. We performed an excisional biopsy under local anesthesia. The tumor was well encapsulated, easily dissected, and could be completely removed. Histopathologic examination showed cellular areas of spindle cells with Verocay bodies forming palisades and less cellular myxoid areas. Immunohistochemical analysis for S-100 protein showed a strongly positive reaction. Based on the histopathologic features, a diagnosis of benign Schwannoma was made.
CONCLUSIONS
Schwannoma should be also considered in the differential diagnosis of a well-circumscribed mass lesion in the eyelid.
Keyword
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- A Case of Upper Eyelid Schwannoma
- A Clinical Experience of Postoperative Double Elevator Palsy after Surgical Removal of Schwannoma in Orbit and Cavernous Sinus
- Hypervascular Vestibular Schwannoma: A Case Report
- A Case of Schwannoma of the Chorda Tympani Nerve
- Melanotic Schwannoma in Cervical Spine: A Case Report
