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Lymphoepitheliomalike Carcinoma of the Orbit
Arch Ophthalmol. 2001;119:1206-1208.
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Lymphoepitheliomalike carcinoma (LELC) of the skin is an uncommon cutaneous
malignancy with the potential for distant metastasis.1
We describe a patient with LELC of the mid forehead and an asymptomatic orbital
mass, which when biopsied proved to be a lymphoepitheliomalike carcinoma (LELC).
Report of a Case
A 45-year-old man was referred to the Ophthalmology Clinic at the University
of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, for the evaluation of an asymptomatic
right-sided orbital mass that had been identified on recent magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) scans. The patient denied any orbital symptoms or signs except
for numbness and paresthesia in the area of the right-sided supraorbital notch,
which had been present for at least 2 years. He had a history of a skin nodule
on his mid forehead, of which a biopsy specimen had been taken at another
institution and diagnosed as LELC of the skin. Subsequently, 2 wide-local
excisions with positive margins were . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Comment
Corresponding author and reprints: Bita Esmaeli, MD, Ophthalmology
Section, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center, Box 443, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030 (e-mail: besmaeli@mdanderson.org).
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