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decade of life (median age, 65 years)

female predominance (male:female = 1:1.5/2)

Korean populations: younger age (median, 46 years) at the time of

diagnosis, male rather than female predominance

Site of origin:

o

orbit = 40%

o

conjunctiva = 35%-40%

o

lacrimal gland = 10%-15%

o

eyelid = 10%

Bilateral involvement in 10% to 15% of cases (80% simultaneous,

20% sequential events)

Clinical presentation