Metastatic breast cancer to the lower eyelid.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1002/lary.21593.
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Abstract
To present a case of metastatic breast cancer to the lower eyelid and to review the literature.regarding the epidemiology and clinical features of cutaneous metastases to the eyelid. Case report describing a 68-year-old female with metastatic breast cancer to the lower eyelid. Biopsy of the lower eyelid lesion revealed histopathologic features consistent with metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma. Cutaneous metastases to the eyelid are rare however should be in the differential diagnosis of patients with solitary nodules, ulceration, and skin changes involving the eyelid.
Medical subject headings
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous
- Breast Neoplasms
- Eyelid Neoplasms