Clinical and epidemiological profile of patients with eyelid malignancies in a Colombian population

Abstract

Purpose: To establish the demographic, clinical characteristics, and factors related to the development of eyelid tumors in two ophthalmology services in a Colombian population. Methodology: Retrospective, cross-sectional study of secondary cut, evaluating clinical histories of ophthalmological consultation in two ophthalmological centers in the period of years 2015–2021 with confirmed diagnosis by biopsy of malignant neoplasm of the eyelid, clinical, and demographic variables was identified. Statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS version 20 program. Results: In a 7-year period, a total of 1802 ophthalmology medical records were reviewed, with a prevalence of 6.7 × 1000 population evaluated, an average age of 64.5 years. It was found a greater affectation in the female gender (61.2%). The main consultation symptom was the appearance of an eyelid lesion (83.6%), and the most common histological subtype was basal cell carcinoma (BCC) (66.4%), mainly affecting the right lower eyelid (40.8%). And extending to areas adjacent to the eyelid only in 28.9% of cases, receiving especially surgical management (87.4%). Conclusions: The data found is consistent with other epidemiological studies carried out worldwide on clinical and demographic data of patients affected by malignant eyelid tumors. It mainly affects older populations, being the basal cell histological subtype the most common within our population. Future studies can be carried out on this basis to broaden the knowledge and applicability.

Keywords

• basal cell carcinoma
• eyelid
• malignant
• malignant melanoma
• neoplasm
• sebaceous cell carcinoma
• squamous cell carcinoma
• tumors