PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gun Lindgren
AU  - Brian L Diffey
AU  - Olle Larkö
TI  - Basal cell carcinoma of the eyelids and solar ultraviolet radiation exposure
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.82.12.1412
DP  - 1998 Dec 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 1412--1415
VI  - 82
IP  - 12
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/82/12/1412.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/82/12/1412.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1998 Dec 01; 82
AB  - 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.