Comez, Arzu TaskiranMuratli, Asli2025-01-272025-01-2720141757-790Xhttps://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-203304https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/12869A schwannoma is a rare benign tumour of peripheral nerve origin. We present a case of a 65-year-old woman with a 1-year history of a slowly enlarging, painless and movable mass, palpable by fingers in her right lower eyelid, adjacent to the inferior orbital rim. No apparent mass was present by macroscopic examination. A subciliary incision and blunt dissection through the septum revealed a pearl-like round and encapsulated cystic mass between the fat pads just below the septum. A total excision of the tumour was performed. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry led to the diagnosis of schwannoma. Although rare, schwannoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of well-capsulated masses in the periorbital region. Copyright 2014 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessprotein S 100; aged; article; case report; differential diagnosis; eyelid; eyelid pain; female; histology; human; human cell; immunohistochemistry; incision; lipoma; neurilemoma; nonhuman; palpation; priority journal; protein expression; spindle cell; subciliary incision; teratoma; treatment outcomeArticle10.1136/bcr-2013-2033042-s2.0-84898409919Q2