TY - JOUR A1 - Bakthavatchalam, Jayashree A1 - Rajagopalan, Jayagayathri A1 - Yadalla, Dayakar T1 - Masquerades less known: Case report of benign hair follicle tumors Y1 - 2018/10/1 JF - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Indian J Ophthalmol SP - 1506 EP - 1508 VL - 66 IS - 10 UR - https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2018;volume=66;issue=10;spage=1506;epage=1508;aulast=Bakthavatchalam DO - 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1288_17 N2 - Benign eyelid tumors derived from hair follicles are rare and frequently misdiagnosed as basal-cell carcinoma when evaluation is based on clinical evidence alone. The discrepancy between the clinical aspect and the histological diagnosis can be as high as 30–40%, even for experienced clinicians. Unfortunately, this masquerade is not only clinical but also histological. Patients may be subjected to unnecessarily extensive surgery. We present a case report of three patients clinically diagnosed as malignancy but histopathologically proven as benign hair follicle tumors. ER -