DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2019.v07i05.019

Pages: 372–375

confined space. These cysts of the eyelid typically present as a solitary, firm, elevated, round, freely mobile subcutaneous mass with smooth overlying skin. We report a case of a 7 year old female who presented at Ophthalmology department of Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla with chief complain of painless swelling in the right lower eyelid since birth. It was an extra-meibomian site, i.e., at the right lateral inferior aspect of the eyelid. It is a rare site for the epidermoid cyst to grow to such an extent. All relevant clinical examination as well as investigations including MRI and histopathology was done for confirmation of diagnosis. The lesion was excised completely under general anesthesia.