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Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:1745-1748.

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INTRODUCTION

The association of benign lymphoepithelial lesions with Sjögren syndrome is well recognized; however, such lesions can also develop in patients without clinical features of this syndrome.¹ The lymphoid infiltrate or the epithelial component of the lymphoepithelilal lesions can undergo malignant transformation, resulting in B-cell lymphomas or lymphoepithelial carcinoma. The development of such carcinomas in the salivary glands and other sites has been amply documented.^2-5 Recently, Bloching et al⁶ briefly described a lacrimal gland tumor, which they called "lymhoepithelioma-like carcinoma." The tumor they described could be the first reported case of lymphoepithelial carcinoma. In the present article, we describe in detail the clinical and histopathologic features of a primary lacrimal gland lymphoepithelial carcinoma with immunohistochemical and molecular analysis.

Report of a Case

A 63-year-old white woman visited an ophthalmologist with a history of dry eyes, "fullness" around the superotemporal aspect of the left eye, proptosis, and binocular horizontal diplopia on left gaze, during the past . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Corresponding author and reprints: Narsing A. Rao, MD, Doheny Eye Institute, 1450 San Pablo St, DVR-211, Los Angeles, CA 90033 (e-mail: nrao@hsc.usc.edu).