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Abstract In 1927, Stanowsky1 collected sixty-five cases from the literature of sarcoma of the eyelid and reported two more cases. Additional cases were reported by Juler,2 Stock,3 Rifaat (three cases),4 Fiore,5 Nichelatti,6 Gabriélidès,7 Jaensch (three cases),8 DeLogu,9 Ishibashi10 and Vele (three cases).11 The ages of the patients varied from a few months to 80 years. The distribution according to sex was approximately equal. In the preponderance of cases the upper eyelid was involved. Many of the tumors when first seen were mistaken for chalazions, and their true nature was recognized later. The type of cell varied, round, spindle and mixed types being reported. Some of the tumors contained melanotic pigment. Some were excised without recurrence, and a few disappeared after irradiation. Some showed local recurrence ; some showed metastases, and several showed extension to regional lymph nodes. Many extended beyond References 1. Stanowsky, Paulina: Primares Lidsarkom , Arch. de oftal. de Buenos Aires 2:404, 1927. 2. Juler, Frank: Diseases of the Eyelids : Sarcoma of the Eyelid, with Local Secondary Growth Apparently Cured by Radium , Tr. Ophth. Soc. U. Kingdom 47:81, 1927. 3. Stock, W.: Tumoren , Klin. Monatsbl. f. Augenh. 81:111, 1928. 4. Rifaat, A.: Trois cas de sarcome primitif des paupières , Ann. d'ocul. 165: 508, 1928. 5. Fiore, Tito: Sarcoma endoteliale della palpebra superiore (tarso) , Ann. di ottal. e clin. ocul. 58:54, 1930. 6. Nichelatti, Paolo: Contributo clinico ed istologico allo studio di alcuni tumori palpebrali non comuni , Boll. d'ocul. 10:882, 1931. 7. Gabriélidès, C.: Sarcome primitif apigmenté de la paupière , Ann. d'ocul. 169:593, 1932. 8. Jaensch, P. A.: Bösartige Geschwülste unter dem Bilde von Hagelkörnern; Epitheliome und Sarkome der Lider , Klin. Monatsbl. f. Augenh. 90:598, 1933. 9. DeLogu, Antonio: Sarcoma palpebrale primitivo a struttura linfo-endoteliale piu volte recidivato , Boll. d'ocul. 12:313, 1933. 10. Ishibashi, Shun: Ein seltener Fall vom primären "Sarcoma perivasculare" des Lides , Acta Soc. ophth. jap. 37:361, 1933. 11. Vele, Maria: Sui tumori delle palpebre , Boll. d'ocul. 12:788, 1933.
Archives of Ophthalmology – American Medical Association
Published: Nov 1, 1934
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