Metastatic oesophageal carcinoma presenting as a lacrimal gland tumour

In light of this development, the tumour obtained from the orbital biopsy was reviewed and the diagnosis of secondary deposits of a poorly differentiated metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus was made (fig 5, reported by Professor W R Lee, Western Infirmary, Glasgow) The histological appearance of the poorly differentiated squamous carcinoma within dense fibrous tissue in the orbital biopsy (magnification x400, haematoxylin and eosin). [...]the appropriate management was to perform a biopsy initially.