Chalazion. A chalazion is a swollen bump that appears on your eyelid. It happens when your eyelid's oil glands clog up. If a chalazion grows ...IsaLumpontheEyelidaSignofCancer?MedicallyreviewedbyChristinaChun,MPH—WrittenbyJulieMarksonApril30,2019EyelidcancerSymptomsOthercausesSeekhelpDiagnosisEyelidcancertreatmentPreventionTakeawayAlumponyoureyelidmightcauseirritation,redness,andpain.Manyconditionscantriggeraneyelidbump.Often,theselesionsareharmlessandnothingtoworryabout.Buttheycanalsobeasignofeyelidcancer.Readontolearnmoreaboutthemostcommonsymptomsofeyelidcancer.What’seyelidcancer?Mostcasesofeyelidcancerareskincancers.Youreyelidscontainthethinnestandmostsensitiveskinonyourbody.Thismeansthey’reeasilyaffectedbysunexposure.Between5and10percentofallskincancersoccurontheeyelid.Themajorityofeyelidcancersareeitherbasalcellcarcinomasorsquamouscellcarcinomas—twoverytreatabletypesofskincancer.SymptomsofeyelidcancerCommonfeaturesofeyelidcancerincludea:bumpthat’ssmooth,shiny,andwaxy,orfirmandredsorethat’sbloody,crusty,orscabbedflat,skin-coloredorbrownlesionthatlooklikeascarscalyandroughredorbrownskinpatchflatspotwithascalysurfacethatitchesoristenderLumpsrelatedtoeyelidcancercanappearred,brown,flesh-colored,orblack.Theymayspread,changeinappearance,orstruggletohealproperly.Morethanhalfofalleyelidcancersformonthelowerpartoftheeyelid.Lesscommonsitesincludetheupperlid,eyebrow,innercornerofyoureye,oroutercornerofyoureye.Additionalsymptomsofeyelidcancerare:lossofeyelashesswellingorthickeningoftheeyelidchronicinfectionsoftheeyelidastyethatdoesn’thealOthercausesofaneyelidlumpEyelidlumpscanbecausedbyseveralotherconditions,mostofwhicharen’tserious.StiesAstyeisasmall,red,andpainfulbumpthatusuallycropsupnearyoureyelashesorunderyoureyelid.Moststiesarecausedbyabacterialinfection.Sometimes,theycanswellupandaffectyourentireeyelid.Youcanhelprelievethediscomfortofastyebyplacingawarmcompressoveryoureyelidfor5to10minutesandtakingover-the-counter(OTC)painrelievers.Youshouldseeyourdoctorifyourstyebe