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Br J Ophthalmol 1998;82:1412-1415 doi:10.1136/bjo.82.12.1412
  • Original Article
    • Clinical science

Basal cell carcinoma of the eyelids and solar ultraviolet radiation exposure

  1. Gun Lindgrena,
  2. Brian L Diffeyb,
  3. Olle Larköc
  1. aDepartment of Ophthalmology, Gothenborg University, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenborg, Sweden, bRegional Medical Physics Department, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle, cDepartment of Dermatology, Gothenborg University, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenborg, Sweden
  1. Gun Lindgren, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Gothenborg University, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Gothenborg, Sweden.
  • Accepted 24 June 1998

Abstract

AIMS To compare the distribution of eyelid basal cell carcinoma (BCC) with the relative ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure to different sites on the eyelids.

METHODS The location of BCC on the eyelids was allocated to one of seven regions. The UVR exposure was recorded with a polymer film attached to the eyelids at seven sites in a manikin and in human subjects.

RESULTS Localisation of the 329 tumours was mainly on the lower eyelids (225 tumours), and the medial canthal regions (87 tumours). There was no association between UVR doses at the seven sites of the eyelids and the location of BCCs. The UVR exposure was similar on the upper and lower eyelids, while the number of tumours on the lower eyelids outnumbered the upper lids by a factor of 13 (17 upper, 225 lower)

CONCLUSION UVR exposure only partially explains the aetiology of periorbital BCC.

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