Mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma of the eyelid: diagnostic and prognostic considerations.

Purpose: To describe the clinical and pathologic characteristics of mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma of the eyelid and to determine whether neuroendocrine differentiation is of prognostic significance.

Design: Retrospective interventional case series.

Methods: Search of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary pathology database between 1990 and 2011 identified 16 patients with mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma.

Proboscis lateralis.

An otherwise healthy 1-month-old female infant presented with a congenital nasal appendage in the left medial canthal region with associated left-sided nasal hypoplasia. The diagnosis of proboscis lateralis was made, and a 2-stage excision and reconstruction was performed in conjunction with probing and irrigation of the lacrimal system. The patient had markedly abnormal nasal anatomy, but a patent lower canalicular system with anomalous entry in the nose and a distally stenotic upper canalicular system on the affected side.

Orbital floor fractures: evaluation, indications, approach, and pearls from an ophthalmologist's perspective.

Blunt trauma to the orbital rim is a frequent cause of orbital floor fractures. Although orbital floor fractures often occur in association with other facial trauma, the term "blowout fracture" is reserved for isolated orbital floor fractures with an intact orbital rim. Many surgical specialties--including ophthalmologists, otolaryngologists, maxillofacial specialists, and plastic surgeons--evaluate and treat floor fractures.

Endoscopic and transconjunctival orbital decompression for thyroid-related orbital apex compression.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a combined endoscopic and transconjunctival orbital decompression in patients with thyroid-related orbitopathy with orbital apex compression.

Study Design: Retrospective review.

Methods: A sequential series of patients with thyroid-related orbitopathy presenting with orbital apex compressive myopathy with and without optic neuropathy who were undergoing combined endoscopic and transconjunctival decompression by the same surgeons from 1992 to 2001 was reviewed.