NEURILEMMOMA (SCHWANNOMA) OF UPPER EYELID
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 41
Abstract
PRESENTATION OF CASE A 20-year-old young man came to Eye OPD of our hospital with a complaint of painless nodule which enlarged slowly for 1 year on his left upper eyelid in outer part and in between upper orbital margin and lid margin. He had no history of NF or any other nodule. Neurilemmoma (Schwannoma) are benign, encapsulated tumours of the nerve sheath. Their cells of origin are thought to be Schwann cells derived from the neural crest. These masses usually arise from the side of a nerve, are well encapsulated and have a unique histological pattern. Schwannoma of ophthalmic interest is rare, although it has been reported in relation to the orbit and less frequently with uveal tract and conjunctiva.1,2,3,4 Instances of eyelid neurilemmomas are extremely rare. Here, we describe a case of eyelid schwannoma of 20 yr. young male patient with a solitary nodular cystic swelling in left upper eyelid. The diagnosis of schwannoma was made after the eyelid cy
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Arun Kumar Sinha, Ranjeet Kumar
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