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Damrong Wiwatwongwana, MD; Kenneth W. Berean, MD, FRCPC; Peter J. Dolman, MD, FRCSC; Jack Rootman, MD, FRCSC; Valerie A. White, MD, MHSc, FRCPC

Arch Ophthalmol. 2009;127(8):1054-1056.

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Of all intrinsic lacrimal gland masses, 28% are epithelial neoplasms.¹ Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) and myoepithelial carcinoma (MC) are uncommon epithelial malignancies of the salivary gland that have been rarely reported in the lacrimal gland.² Herein, we report 2 patients with each of these tumors in the lacrimal gland and compare and contrast these unusual neoplasms.

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Case 1

An 86-year-old man presented with painless double vision for 6 months. His visual acuity was 20/30 OD and 20/50 OS. He had a palpable mass under the left superolateral orbital rim and bilateral symmetrically decreased tear function. His palpebral fissure was 9 mm OD and margin reflex distance, 5 mm OD, compared with 6 mm and 3 mm, respectively, OS. Exophthalmometry was 13 mm OD and 16 mm OS. He had limited . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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