Shields C L, Shields J A
Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Trans Pa Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol. 1990;42:925-30.
A review of 142 lacrimal gland biopsies performed during a 25 year period revealed that 78% of lacrimal gland lesions were of nonepithelial origin and only 22% were primary epithelial neoplasms. The nonepithelial lesions included inflammation (64%) and lymphoid tumors (14%), while the epithelial lesions included dacryops (6%), pleomorphic adenoma (12%), and malignant epithelial tumors (4%). These results contradict the much quoted teaching that 50% of lacrimal gland lesions are primary epithelial tumors and 50% are nonepithelial lesions.
对25年间进行的142例泪腺活检的回顾显示,78%的泪腺病变起源于非上皮组织,只有22%是原发性上皮性肿瘤。非上皮性病变包括炎症(64%)和淋巴瘤(14%),而上皮性病变包括泪腺囊肿(6%)、多形性腺瘤(12%)和恶性上皮性肿瘤(4%)。这些结果与常被引用的观点相悖,即50%的泪腺病变是原发性上皮性肿瘤,50%是非上皮性病变。