BENIGN EYELID LESIONS

Course overview

BENIGN EYELID LESIONS CAN BE INFLAMMATORY, INFECTIOUS, TRAUMATIC, OR NEOPLASTIC IN ORIGIN. THEY ARE A COMMON CONDITION THAT REQUIRES DIFFERENTIATION FROM MALIGNANT AND PRE-MALIGNANT LESIONS. MANAGEMENT OPTIONS INCLUDE OBSERVATION, BIOPSY, EXCISION, INJECTION WITH STEROIDS, TOPICAL APPLICATION OF STEROIDS, ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIMICROBIALS, ORAL ANTIBIOTICS, APPLICATION OF WARM COMPRESSES, AND CLEANING OF THE EYELID MARGINS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF BENIGN EYELID LESIONS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AS WELL AS SURGICAL AND NON-SURGICAL TREATMENT.