We report our experience with 24 cases of sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelids between 1979 and 2005. The mean age was 70.9 years°°(range; 51-92 years).Fourteen patients were female and 10 were male. The left eye was involved in 14 cases and the right eye in 10 cases. The site of primary lesion in 19 cases was the upper eyelid, and in 5 cases the lower eyelid. According to the T criterion of TNM classification system, 3 patients had T1, 7 with T2, 7 with T3 and 7 with T4. Follow-up periods ranged from 2 months to 10 years, 3 months. The mean was 52.9 months and the median was 48 months. At the time of last follow-up, 17 of 24 patients were alive. Five deaths were secondary to the tumor and 2 were unrelated. Above all, no patient of T1, T2 or T3 died secondary to the tumor. However, all cases that died as a result of the tumor were of T4. Cause¨Cspecific cumulative survival rate in 5 years was 71%. Cause¨Cspecific cumulative survival rate of T4 was 38.1% in 5 years comparative to 100% of T1, T2 and T3.
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