Heathcote J G, Hurwitz J J, Dardick I
Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Arch Ophthalmol. 1990 Aug;108(8):1135-9. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1990.01070100091041.
A middle-aged woman developed unilateral, painless proptosis that increased slowly over 1 year. A clinical diagnosis of pleomorphic adenoma of the lacrimal gland was supported by computed tomographic scanning and the tumor was excised. On histological examination the tumor proved to be a benign, myxoid myoepithelioma of spindle-cell type. Although occasionally seen in the salivary glands, to our knowledge, this tumor has not previously been described in the lacrimal gland.
