Table 3.
Comparison of demographic, clinical characteristics, and recurrence between benign eyelid tumors and malignant eyelid tumors.
| Type of tumor | Benign eyelid tumors (n = 4294) |
Malignant eyelid tumors (n = 227) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number (%) | Number (%) | ||
| Gender∗ | |||
| Male | 1976 (49.2) | 144 (63.4) | <0.001 |
| Female | 2040 (50.8) | 83 (36.6) | |
| Mean age (years, range) | 55.4 ± 20.0 (0.5–100) | 72.5 ± 12.8 (21–93) | <0.001 |
| Location∗∗ | |||
| Upper only | 2025 (55.9) | 83 (40.1) | <0.001 (U : L) |
| Lower only | 1558 (42.9) | 123 (59.4) | |
| Both | 45 (1.2) | 1 (0.5) | |
| Laterality∗∗ | |||
| Right only | 1804 (44.7) | 95 (43.8) | 0.33 (R : L) |
| Left only | 1976 (48.9) | 119 (54.8) | |
| Bilateral | 258 (6.4) | 3 (1.4) | |
| Recurrence | 189 (4.4) | 25 (11.0) | <0.001 |
∗278 patients of benign eyelid tumors had at least two histopathologic diagnoses because of 2 or more lesions in the eyelids, with 4294 lesions among 4016 patients of benign eyelid tumors.
∗∗Total number not equal to 100% of cases because of incomplete chart information or data missing.