The case reported below is worth publishing owing to the uncommon site (the second case in the literature) of this fairly rare vascular tumor.
Report of Case
A 47-year-old healthy man had, over a period of seven years, noticed a slowly growing nodule in the left upper eyelid. It had been slightly tender with no relation to temperature, but had never caused pain.
On examination a large, 3x5 mm, bluish, translucent, soft, compressible, well-defined tumor of the left upper eyelid was seen to be situated about 5 mm below the eyebrow. The patient had no similar tumors elsewhere. Prior to excision the tumor was believed to be a simple hemangioma.
On examination of the eyelid six months later the scar was invisible and there were no signs of local recurrence.
Pathology *
Macroscopic Examination.
—A 3x3x5 mm skin-covered tissue specimen was examined. The tumor proper measured about 3x3x3 mm.
Microscopic Examination.
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