Case Study: July 2012

History

  • 25-year-old Afro-Carribean woman.
  • Bilateral superotemporal fornix masses.
  • Lymphoma?
  • Biopied
  • Figure 1 and 2 left side; figure 3 and 4 right side

Questions

  1. What do the figures demonstrate?
  2. What is the likeliest diagnosis?
  3. With which upper lid disorder is this condition associated?
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  1. Both sides show mildly oedematous and mildly chronically inflamed lacrimal gland tissue.
  2. Bilateral lacrimal gland prolapse.
  3. Blepharochalasis.