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Jerry A. Shields, MD; Pierre Guibor, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1984;102(11):1650.

Abstract
• A 63-year-old woman was seen with a slowly enlarging mass located on the right lower eyelid, where a "chalazion" had been twice curetted but not studied histologically. An excisional biopsy was performed, and the specimen proved histologically to be a neurilemoma (schwannoma). Although a neurilemoma is extremely rare on the eyelid, this case demonstrates that it should be included in the differential diagnosis of lesions that can clinically masquerade as a chalazion.

Author Affiliations
From the Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia (Dr Shields); and the New York Medical College (Dr Guibor).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 14, 1984.

Reprint requests to Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Ninth and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (Dr Shields).

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