Eyelid Radiotherapy-Treated Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinomas: A Case Series.

Abstract

Introduction: This case report aims to showcase the successful application of electron hypofractionated radiotherapy in the treatment of eyelid basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Cases presentation: Two cases are presented involving a 91-year-old Greek female with nodular BCC and an 88-year-old Greek male with ulcerative SCC. Both cases were treated with electron 10MeV irradiation using an ELEKTA 5-15MV linear accelerator. In the first case, a patient with advanced dementia presented with left-upper-eyelid nodular BCC. Following confirmation through biopsy and imaging, hypofractionated electron-beam radiotherapy was chosen, leading to gradual recession of the lesion and no recurrence at the one-year follow-up. In the second case, an elderly male with comorbidities had right-upper-eyelid ulcerative SCC. After systemic evaluation ruled out metastasis, the patient underwent hypofractionated radiotherapy, resulting in unexpected lesion shrinkage, resolution, and absence of recurrence at the 6-month and one-year follow-ups.

Conclusions: Hypofractionated electron-beam radiotherapy emerges as an effective and well-tolerated alternative for eyelid tumors, particularly in cases where surgical excision is challenging or contraindicated.