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 3

Comparison of demographic, clinical characteristics, and recurrence between benign eyelid tumors and malignant eyelid tumors.

Type of tumor	Benign eyelid tumors; ()	Malignant eyelid tumors; ()	value
	Number (%)	Number (%)
Gender
Male	1976 (49.2)	144 (63.4)	<0.001
Female	2040 (50.8)	83 (36.6)
Mean age (years, range)	55.4 ± 20.0 (0.5–100)	72.5 ± 12.8 (21–93)	<0.001
Location
Upper only	2025 (55.9)	83 (40.1)	<0.001 (U : L)
Lower only	1558 (42.9)	123 (59.4)
Both	45 (1.2)	1 (0.5)
Laterality
Right only	1804 (44.7)	95 (43.8)	0.33 (R : L)
Left only	1976 (48.9)	119 (54.8)
Bilateral	258 (6.4)	3 (1.4)
Recurrence	189 (4.4)	25 (11.0)	<0.001

278 patients of benign eyelid tumors had at least two histopathologic diagnoses because of 2 or more lesions in the eyelids, with 4294 lesions among 4016 patients of benign eyelid tumors.
Total number not equal to 100% of cases because of incomplete chart information or data missing.