Eyelid Papilloma Follow-up

  • Author: Mounir Bashour, MD, CM, FRCS(C), PhD, FACS; Chief Editor: Hampton Roy Sr, MD   more...
 
Updated: Feb 15, 2012
 

Further Outpatient Care

  • Patients should receive follow-up care as needed.
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Complications

  • Surgical scarring and possibly lid notching are the only likely complications. Usually, the lesions are so small that bleeding and infection rarely occur postexcision.
  • Premalignant, malignant, or benign eyelid skin lesions may be papillomatous.
  • Cysts - Epidermal inclusion, sudoriferous, sebaceous
  • Seborrheic keratosis usually occurs in middle-aged or elderly patients and appears as brown-black, "stuck on," well-circumscribed, crustlike lesions. Usually, the lesions are slightly elevated and uninflamed. The lesions can be removed with a shave biopsy, if desired. In black adults, a heavily pigmented variant, dermatosis papulosa nigra, occurs involving the malar region and often the eyelids.
  • Keratoacanthoma appears similar to basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma because it is elevated with a central ulcer crater. However, these dome-shaped tumors with rolled margins usually appear and rapidly grow in size (up to 1-2 cm) over a few weeks to months and then often spontaneously involute. The tumors can be destructive, especially if they involve the eyelash margin. To be sure of the diagnosis, surgical excision and biopsy often is performed. These tumors can occur in individuals who are immunosuppressed (eg, after renal transplantation).
  • Nevus is usually light to dark brown, but it can be amelanotic and indistinguishable from a squamous papilloma. Usually, it is well circumscribed, sometimes with hair growing from its surface. It does not grow in size.
  • Inverted follicular keratosis usually presents as a solitary nodular or wartlike keratotic mass, it may be pigmented simulating a melanocytic lesion. It also can present as a cutaneous horn. If incompletely excised, it has a tendency to recur.
  • Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia often clinically and histopathologically is confused with carcinoma. Usually, it is elevated with an irregular, ulcerated, or crusted surface, mimicking squamous cell carcinoma or basal cell carcinoma. It can occur anywhere on the eyelid and usually is of short duration (weeks to months). They may be associated with mycotic infections, insect bites, drugs, burns, radiation therapy, and underlying malignant lymphoma.
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Prognosis

  • Prognosis is excellent. However, the lesions can recur in the same or different location.
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Patient Education

  • Warn patients to protect their skin from the sun's damaging influence, with hats, sunglasses, and protective lotions, and to minimize exposure to the sun. See a medical practitioner if any new lesions appear.
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Contributor Information and Disclosures
Author

Mounir Bashour, MD, CM, FRCS(C), PhD, FACS  Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, McGill University; Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Sherbrooke University; Medical Director, Cornea Laser and Lasik MD

Mounir Bashour, MD, CM, FRCS(C), PhD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, American College of International Physicians, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Biomedical Engineering Society, Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Ophthalmological Society, Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, International College of Surgeons US Section, Ontario Medical Association, Quebec Medical Association, and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Specialty Editor Board

Brian A Phillpotts, MD  Former Vitreo-Retinal Service Director, Former Program Director, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Howard University College of Medicine

Brian A Phillpotts, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Diabetes Association, American Medical Association, and National Medical Association

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Simon K Law, MD, PharmD  Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine

Simon K Law, MD, PharmD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Glaucoma Society, and Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

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Mark T Duffy, MD, PhD  Consulting Staff, Division of Oculoplastic, Orbito-facial, Lacrimal and Reconstructive Surgery, Green Bay Eye Clinic, BayCare Clinic; Medical Director, Advanced Cosmetic Solutions, A BayCare Clinic

Mark T Duffy, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Medical Association, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sigma Xi, and Society for Neuroscience

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Lance L Brown, OD, MD  Ophthalmologist, Affiliated With Freeman Hospital and St John's Hospital, Regional Eye Center, Joplin, Missouri

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Chief Editor

Hampton Roy Sr, MD  Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Hampton Roy Sr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, and Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology

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