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Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the caruncle, with clinical presentation of an inflammatory mass.
Author(s) -
DE KEIZER RJW,
VAN DE PUT MAJ,
DE WOLFF ROUENDAAL D,
HAESEKER BI
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.4167.x
Subject(s) - medicine , adenoid , basal cell , sinus (botany) , nose , presentation (obstetrics) , adenoid cystic carcinoma , abscess , radiology , pathology , carcinoma , surgery , botany , biology , genus
Purpose The presentation of 2 cases with a very rare adenoidlike SCC of the lacrimal caruncle, clinical referred with a inflammation mass apparent as an abscess. Methods The tissue of a lacrimal caruncle is arising as well as from skin as mucous and adnexal structures, where in most of the patients only benign laesions could be developed. In our cases inflammation and malignant tumours were found. The diagnosis were made clinical, by imaging methods, (as coherence tomography scan (CT), and ultrasound) and histological analyses. In both cases good differentiated squamous cell carcinomas of the right caruncle were characterized Results Although in the literature very rarely found, the adenoid type of SCC is described as a less malignant type but in our cases with inflammation a more aggressive behaviour was demonstrated during the follow‐up. Both patients refused orbital exenteration and radiotherapy was performed. However in the second patient, at a later stage, an exenteration was done for a recurrence and extension to the nose and sinus, she died several months later. Conclusion The very rarely published adenoid caruncle SCC , which first was presented in two cases as an