Table 1 Clinical and radiological findings in cases of lacrimal myoepithelial carcinomas described in the literature

Weis et al. [6]

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Herrera et al. [7]

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Iida et al. [8]

77 year-old, man

Proptosis

Not reported

Wiwatwongwana et al. [9]

84 year-old, man

Proptosis, Severe decreasing of vision Ocular pain Eyeball displacement

CT: a 3.2/2.6/2.2 cm well-circumscribed, calcified lacrimal gland mass extending to the apex, displacing the globe with irregularity in the adjacent bony orbital wall

Argyris et al. [10]

39 year-old, woman

Proptosis

CT and MRI: a 3/2.2/2 cm extraconal mass effacing the lacrimal grand and displacing the left lateral rectus, optic nerve and globe

Von Holstein et al. [11]

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Moret et al. [12]

88 year-old, man

Proptosis Decreasing of vision Lateral rectus muscle paralysis

MRI: a 3.5/2.5/1.7 cm intra- and extra-conal mass, extending to the lacrimal gland and the lateral rectus muscle

Rabade et al. [13]

27-year-old, man

Proptosis Decreasing of vision Swelling over the eyebrow

MRI: a well-defined, lobulated, contrast-enhancing mass in the superolateral compartment of the orbit with erosion of the lateral wall and roof and extending into the right frontal region

Larbcharoensub et al. [14]

68-year-old, woman

Proptosis Mass in the superior temporal part of the orbit Visual acuity of no light perception

MRI: a 3.8/3.7/3.3 cm well-defined, lobulated, vivid inhomogeneous enhancing isosignal T1W/slightly hypersignal T2W mass. It located at retrobulbar portion involving extraconal-conal-intraconal spaces of the orbit and invading of the lateral bony wall

Case presented (Mahdi et al.)

80 year-old, woman

Proptosis Pain Swelling over the eyebrow Diplopia

CT: an ill-defined, homogeneous, contrast-enhancing mass attached to the medial rectus