Clinical Study

Comparison of the Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Benign and Malignant Eyelid Tumors: An Analysis of 4521 Eyelid Tumors in a Tertiary Medical Center

Table 2

The demographic data, clinical features, treatment, and outcome of malignant eyelid tumors.

Malignant eyelid tumors () Number (%) Gender (M/F)Mean age(years, range)Laterality (R/L/B)Location (U/L/B)Adjunct treatmentRecurrenceMortality
Chemo/radiation/CCRTExenteration/enucleationNumber (%)Number (%)

Basal cell carcinoma131 (57.8%)90/4172.5(21–93)55/64/325/90/00/0/01/08 (6.1%)0 (0%)
Sebaceous gland carcinoma48 (21.1%)20/2874.1(44–91)23/25/027/19/10/3/05/010 (20.8%)1 (2.1%)
Squamous cell carcinoma23 (10.1%)16/771.7(40–93)8/15/07/6/00/0/42/27 (30.4%)3 (13.0%)
Melanoma8 (3.5%)6/267.4(21–84)2/6/03/2/01/0/05/00 (0%)2 (25.0%)
Adenocarcinoma5 (2.2%)4/173.8(64–88)1/4/00/1/00/1/13/00 (0%)1 (20%)
Adenoid cystic carcinoma2 (0.9%)0/253.0(47–59)1/1/01/0/00/2/02/01 (50%)0 (0%)
Others10 (4.4%)8/271.7(46–90)5/4/05/1/01/1/12/01 (10%)1 (10%)

Total number not equal to 100% of cases because of incomplete chart information or data missing.
Others including small cell carcinoma, epidermoid carcinoma, merkel cell carcinoma, B-cell lymphoma, T-cell lymphoma, lymphoepithelial carcinoma, invasive nonkeratinizing carcinoma, myeloid sarcoma, angiosarcoma, and malignant proliferating pilar tumor.