Ocular symptoms Surviving   Number Before surgery After surgery For three years For five years More than five years No evidence Baso- and spinocellular carcinoma 10 10 10a 1b 4 3 2 Carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses and the nose 8 4 1a 1+1c 4 2 0 Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland 3 3 3 2 0 0 1 Lymphoepitelioma 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Melanoma of the choroid 2 2 2a 0 0 0 2 Ameloblastoma 2 2 2a 2 0 0 0 Hemangiopericytom of the lacrimal gland 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Total 27 23 18 7 8 7 5

Table 1: Malign tumors of the orbit. The state after exenteration of the orbit (a), died of other disease (b), died within three years (c). Preoperative visual acuity in baso- and spinocellular carcinomas, melanomas of the choroid and ameloblastomas. VA=0.5-0.1. In the others VA was 1.0.