Table 2 Most frequent diagnostic categories in male patients aged 66/67 and 72 years

Benign eyelid tumour

183

22

Benign eyelid tumour

71

17

Malignant AMP eyelid tumour

88

11

Malignant AMP eyelid tumour

53

12

Inflammatory eyelid lesion (mostly chalazion)

75

9.1

Pterygium and pinguecula

43

10

Pterygium and pinguecula

60

7.3

Inflammatory eyelid lesion (mostly chalazion)

37

8.6

Normal eyelid tissue (mostly re-resection specimens)

45

5.5

Degenerative corneal change

23

5.3

Corneal dystrophy (all Fuchs’ dystrophy)

38

4.6

Corneal dystrophy (all Fuchs’ dystrophy)

23

5.3

Degenerative corneal change

34

4.1

Normal eyelid tissue (mostly re-resection specimens)

21

4.9

Malignant EMP eyeball tumour

19

2.3

Benign conjunctival tumour

14

3.3

Trauma associated enucleation

19

2.3

Degenerative temporal artery

12

2.8

Degenerative temporal artery

18

2.2

Malignant AMP conjunctival tumour

8

1.9

Benign conjunctival tumour

17

2.1

Normal temporal artery

7

1.6

Inflammatory corneal lesion

13

1.6

Trauma associated enucleation

7

1.6

Degenerative eyelid lesion

13

1.6

Inflammatory conjunctival lesion

6

1.4

Corneal scarring

12

1.5

Corneal scarring

6

1.4

Malignant EMP eyelid tumour

12

1.5

Degenerative eyelid lesion

6

1.4

Normal temporal artery

11

1.3

Malignant EMP eyelid tumour

6

1.4

Inflammatory conjunctival lesion

9

1.1

Malignant EMP eyeball tumour

6

1.4

Malignant EMP conjunctival tumour

9

1.1

Eyelid scarring

5

1.2

Glaucoma associated enucleation

8

1.0

Inflamed temporal artery

5

1.2

Corneal ulcer or keratitis associated enucleation

8

1.0

Normal conjunctiva

4

0.93

Sum^a

691

84

Sum^a

363

84

Total number of diagnoses

821

Total number of diagnoses

430