ABSTRACT Objective: Delineate an epidemiological profile of patients affected by eyelid tumors, while comparing the rate of correct clinical diagnosis to the gold standard histopathological analysis, verifying the data with the literature. Methods: Retrospective analysis of medical records, from 2015 to 2019, of patients submitted to excisional biopsy of the lesions with consequent histopathological classification of the anatomical specimen. Patients’ age and sex and tumors location, clinical diagnosis and histopathological classification were considered. Results: In total, 331 eyelid tumors from […]

This article presents a case of tick infestation of the lower eyelid by a previously unreported species. A 71-year-old male presented with a tick attached to the lower eyelid. The tick was identified morphologically, and then molecularly via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing of its DNA. In addition, a review of the literature relevant to the genera of ticks associated with infestation of the human eye is provided. The tick, which was in the nymphal developmental stage, was first […]

Este artigo apresenta um caso de infestação por carrapatos da pálpebra inferior por uma espécie previamente não declarada. Um homem de 71 anos de idade apresentou-se com um carrapato grudado na pálpebra inferior. O carrapato foi identificado morfologicamente, e, em seguida, uma estrutura molecular através de reacção em cadeia da polimerase (PCR) e a sequenciação do seu DNA. Além disso, uma análise da literatura pertinente aos gêneros de carrapatos associados à infestação do olho humano é fornecido. O carrapato, que […]