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Chalazion, a Benign Eyelid Tumour – The Sagamu Experience
Abstract
Aim: To study the demographic characteristics, pattern of presentation and type of treatment of chalazion in Sagamu, Nigeria.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective hospital-based study was conducted to review all the cases seen and diagnosed as chalazion in the eye clinic of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital [OOUTH], Sagamu between January 1997 and December 2007. Data was obtained from the clinic attendance register, the register of minor office procedure and the case files. The age, sex, pattern of presentation and type of
treatment given were recorded.
Result: Ninety-seven cases (0.7%) out of a total of 13,605 new cases seen during the period under review were diagnosed as chalazion although 59 case records were available for review. There were 46 males and 51 females with a mean age of 25.3 years. Thirty-nine cases (40.2%) were between the ages of 21 and 30 years. Twenty-one cases (42.9%) presented with multiple chalazia while 32 cases (65.3%) had chalazion only
in their upper eyelids. Forty-four cases (74.6%) were treated with incision and curettage.
Conclusion: Chalazion is not a common ocular problem. Young
age at presentation and multiple lesions are significant findings. Surgery is the standard method of treatment.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective hospital-based study was conducted to review all the cases seen and diagnosed as chalazion in the eye clinic of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital [OOUTH], Sagamu between January 1997 and December 2007. Data was obtained from the clinic attendance register, the register of minor office procedure and the case files. The age, sex, pattern of presentation and type of
treatment given were recorded.
Result: Ninety-seven cases (0.7%) out of a total of 13,605 new cases seen during the period under review were diagnosed as chalazion although 59 case records were available for review. There were 46 males and 51 females with a mean age of 25.3 years. Thirty-nine cases (40.2%) were between the ages of 21 and 30 years. Twenty-one cases (42.9%) presented with multiple chalazia while 32 cases (65.3%) had chalazion only
in their upper eyelids. Forty-four cases (74.6%) were treated with incision and curettage.
Conclusion: Chalazion is not a common ocular problem. Young
age at presentation and multiple lesions are significant findings. Surgery is the standard method of treatment.
