An unusual cause of eyelid erythema and edema
Marnya Lollen, Chhavi Gupta, Sima Das · 2026
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Marnya Lollen, Chhavi Gupta, and Sima Das present an eye case in a 2026 report. A man aged fifty came in with slow swelling of his right upper eyelid over two months. Care for a common lid rash had not helped, and he had no other eye or body complaints.
The lid was red and swollen, with mild soreness but no lost lashes and no change in lid shape. The rest of the eye exam was normal. Tissue tests showed clumps of lymph cells with some larger immune cells mixed in. Images in the report show the swelling eased after a steroid shot into the lid. The case warns against settling on a common cause too fast.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Marnya Lollen, Chhavi Gupta, Sima Das |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |