Dr.Meghana Tanwar, T18259
AIM:To study the clinical profile of lid tumors presenting to a referral centre,finding correlations between symptoms,signs and clinical and histopathological diagnosis.METHODS:A retrospective review of records of patients who underwent biopsies of lid masses between 1/1/2017 to 31/12/2018 was made.RESULTS:Among 251 histologically confirmed lesions 90.84% were benign and 9.16% were malignant tumors.The mean age at diagnosis was 48.63 years.Out of the 44 types of histopathological diagnosis,the most common benign lesions were intradermal nevus(22.8%),sebaceous cyst(14%) and squamous papilloma(10.5%).In malignant tumors both basal cell and mebomian gland carcinomas were 47.8% each. Histopathological and cinical diagnosis corresponded 75.3% but in 7 cases a clinically suspected malignancy was histopathologically diagnosed as benign.CONCULSION:It is important to understand the clinical profile of lid tumors in the local population for prompt diagnosis, treatment and better prognostication.
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