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Case Reports
. 2025 Mar-Apr;41(2):e56-e58.
doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002824. Epub 2024 Dec 9.

Soft-Tissue Chondroma of the Eyelid

Lea M Carter  1 , Rami N Al-Rohil  2 , Alan D Proia  2   3
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Case Reports

Soft-Tissue Chondroma of the Eyelid

Lea M Carter et al. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

A woman in her early 20s underwent excision of a 6-mm diameter, tender, mobile mass in the temporal left upper eyelid associated with eyelid swelling and blurred vision. Surgery disclosed a large tarsal lesion that appeared to be a cyst but was found to be a soft-tissue chondroma featuring an island of hyaline cartilage surrounded by dense tarsal fibrous connective tissue containing smaller foci of myxoid cartilage. The woman reported that a nodule had been present at this site since childhood. The soft-tissue chondroma has not recurred after 1.5 years. This case represents one of the few known reports of a soft-tissue chondroma in the eyelid.

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The authors have no financial or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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