Metastatic eyelid carcinoma

Abstract

Two cases of carcinoma metastatic to the eyelid are described. The first was derived from a lung primary diagnosed two months prior and presented as a solitary tender mass mimicking an acutely inflamed recurrent chalazion. The second case was the initial manifestation of a stomach carcinoma, presenting as a solitary painless nodule. Both were part of generalized metastatic disease; survival was six weeks and five months, respectively, after eyelid tumor presentation. Excisional biopsy was effective palliation in the first case, but multiple operations were required in the second. The clinicopathologic features are discussed and the prior reported cases reviewed.