Mahmood Saeed, Javed Hassan Niazi, M Saleh Memon, Qamar Jamal.
Pleomorphic Adenoma of Moll`s Gland of Eyelid.
Pak J Ophthalmol Jan ;12(3):98-102.

Pleomorphic adenoma of the gland of Moll is an extremely rare tumour of the eyelid. These are only a few cases on record in the registry of ophthalmic pathology at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington D.C, U.S.A. In a 1975 study only one such case was described amongst 700 cases of eyelid tumours. We are presenting one case of pleomorphic adenoma of the gland of Moll out of 654 patients with neoplasms of the eyelids seen in the last 71/2 years (April 1988 - November 1995) at our Institute.

CASE REPORT: A sixty-year-old male presented with a painless, 1.5 x 1.0 cm bean-shaped mass located on the right lower lid. On palpation it appeared to be adherent with the tarsal plate. This mass was of five years standing and stationary in size for the last three years. It had smooth surface and was non-tender and firm in consistency. Our provisional diagnosis was a benign connective tissue neoplasm arising from the underlying tarsal plate. It was excised through an elliptical horizontal incision of 1.5 cm length. Histopathologic examination revealed it to be a pleomorphic adenoma of the gland of Moll. Figure 2 shows groups and sheets of epithelial cells attempting to form glands. Myoepithelial cells and pseudocartilage are seen against myxoid background. Special stains were positive for glycogen, neutral mucin and acid mucin.

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