Sebaceous Gland Carcinoma of the Lower Eyelid Reconstructed with a Composite Flap: A Case Report
Published: June 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/.8017
Surya Rao Rao Venkata Mahipathy, Alagar Raja Durairaj, Kanmani Kothandaraman, Vimal Chander Rajamanohar, Aarthi Prabakaran
1. Associate Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Thandalam, Kanchipuram, India.
2. Associate Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Thandalam, Kanchipuram, India.
3. Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Thandalam, Kanchipuram, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Thandalam, Kanchipuram, India.
5. Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Thandalam, Kanchipuram, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Surya Rao Rao Venkata Mahipathy,
Associate Professor, Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,
Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Thandalam, Kanchipuram-602105, India.
E-mail: surya_3@hotmail.com
Sebaceous gland carcinomas are skin adnexal tumours occurring in the periocular region of elderly females. It is an uncommon malignancy usually involving the upper eyelid and has an indolent course. Mainstay of treatment is surgical excision. Here we present a case of a sebaceous gland carcinoma of the lower eyelid for which wide local excision was done and the lower eyelid reconstructed using a composite flap of nasal chondromucosal graft with a nasolabial flap.
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