Evaluation the Prevalence, Type, Etiology and Clinical Course of Ocular Surface Masses in Tabriz Nikoukari Hospital

Abstract

Eye tumors include masses that form inside the eye or even on the surface of the eye. In addition to vision problems, eyeball surface tumors cause the eyeball to move sideways or direct the eye outward. Due to the fact that the prevalence of various tumors is increasing annually and due to the nature of the eye, which is a very important organ in humans, so accurate evaluation and identification of tumors of this organ in order to follow up and diagnose faster and determine the appropriate treatment process. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence, causes and clinical course of ocular surface masses in Tabriz Charity Hospital. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, patients who referred to the charity hospital clinic in the years 2019 to 2020 were included in the study. Collection of study data was retrospective and from patients' clinical records. All patients were examined by a slit lamp. In patients, all corneal, limbus and conjunctival masses were recorded. The studied masses include epithelial tumors, stromal tumors, caruncular tumors, metastases and secondary tumors. Results: A total of 100 patients were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 51.91±23.30 years and the age range of the patients was between 4 and 97 years. Most of the patients studied were male (68%). 19% of patients had smoking history and 9 patients had history of alcohol and tobacco consumption. The highest prevalence of underlying diseases was diabetes (15%) and hypertension (13%). In addition, 2 patients had a history of cancer. Seventy-two percent of ocular lesions in the present study were benign, although CIN lesions as precancerous lesions led to SCC and were not considered malignant. The most common location of eye masses is related to conjunctiva (49%) and then conjunctiva with cornea (30%) and the most common pathological findings in eye masses include CIN (29%), SCC (25%) and Nevus (130%) Percent) was. The most common lesions were leukoplakia (57%).