- Age and sex  ; 

- Symptoms ; 

- Clinical impression ;

- Family history of eye disease, including melanocytic abnormalities

- History of diseases affecting the eye ( Eg. tuberculosis , sarcoidosis, hyperlipidaemia ) ; 

-History of inherited conditions such as von Recklinghausen’s and Sturge-Weber syndromes;

- History of neoplasia at another site ;

-Relevant surgical operation , findings at operation ,extent of surgery performed ;

Inflammatory lesion:

- The type and severity of the inflammation:

  - specific type of inflamamation: ( Eg: tuberculosis, leprosy , syphilis)

  - non-specific inflammation : ( acute, suppurative, follicular, chronic diffuse, granulomatous, lipogranulomatous )

- Specific condition can be diagnosed or suggested: (Eg: Chalazion, infective diseases, Sarcoidosis );

- Other associated features: Eg:  fibrosis, calcification.

 Reporting of biopsies - Inflammatory Skin Diseases

Cystic lesion:

- Type of cyst - determined by the lining epithelium and presence of skin adnexal structures in close relation to the wall.

- whether there has been rupture or other chronic inflammatory change.

Benign and malignant tumours of the eyelid: (Similar to cutaneous tumours)  Examination of the skin specimen

Normal Anatomy and histology of Eye

Inflammatory diseases of the Eyelid

Chalazion;

Retinoblastoma;