Welcome, please sign in
Follow DJO on Facebook Follow DJO on Twitter
Grand Rounds
  Most Recent Cases
  Dates of Case
  Type of Case
  Submit a Grand Round.
  Register with DJO to receive personalized updates.

If you're already a
member, please sign in.
A 60-year-old woman with an asymptomatic left lacrimal gland mass found incidentally
Digital Journal of Ophthalmology 2017
Volume 23, Number 4
October 18, 2017
DOI: 10.5693/djo.03.2017.07.001
Printer Friendly

Download PDF



Sudip D. Thakar, BS | Orbital Oncology and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Oded Sagiv, MD | aOrbital Oncology and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Michael Tetzlaff, MD, PhD | Department of Pathology and Department of Translational and Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Adel El-Naggar, MD, PhD | Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Matthew Debnam, MD | Department of Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Thomas J. Kandl, MD | Orbital Oncology and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Bita Esmaeli, MD, FACS | Orbital Oncology and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Differential Diagnosis
The clinical history and imaging in this patient suggested a benign lacrimal gland epithelial tumor, such as a pleomorphic adenoma (PA), metastatic disease from the patient’s primary adenocarcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, or lacrimal gland lymphoproliferative disease. Among these, the well-circumscribed appearance and reported history of slow growth indicated a benign process. Taken collectively with the histopathologic findings, however, the diagnosis of lacrimal gland schwannoma was supported.
top