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Silicone oil instillation may result in the development of posterior fibrous pseudometaplasia, which is the final common pathway of alteration of lens epithelium and which was interpreted as a partial change, or change of certain characteristics of posteriorly migrated lens epithelial cells due to metabolic alterations.

Patients who were scheduled at our institution for cataract surgery exhibited a high frequency of ocular as well as systemic co-morbidity. This can be interpreted in such a way that patients with a high level of co-morbidity are referred to tertiary eye care centers for cataract surgery.

When one encounters a sebaceous tumor involving the eyelid the possibility of Muir-Torre syndrome should be considered. Muir-Torre syndrome is an autosomal dominant genodermatosis characterized by at least a single sebaceous gland tumor (either a hyperplasia, an adenoma, an epithelioma, or a carcinoma) and a minimum of one internal malignancy.