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Classification followed AFIP atlas standards and ICD-O coding.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of the 1,345 masses, 1,146 (85.2%) were non-malignant and 199 (14.8%) malignant. Lesions were located in the eyelid (35.2%), ocular surface (35.7%), intraocular region (1.8%), and orbit (27.3%). For eyelid masses, nevi (20.8%) and cysts (11.2%) were the most common non-malignant lesions, and basal cell carcinoma (55.6%) and sebaceous gland carcinoma (24.2%) dominated malignancies. For ocular surface masses, the top non-malignant lesions included cysts (20.0%) and inflammatory lesions (18.1%), and malignant melanoma (34.6%) and squamous cell carcinoma (26.9%) were the leading malignancies. Most intraocular masses (20\/24) were malignant, and the majority was melanoma (16\/20). For orbital masses, hemangiomas (21.1%) were the most frequent benign lesions, and lymphoma (51.9%) was the leading malignancy. The majority of malignancies occurred in patients aged &amp;gt; 60 years (132\/199, 66.3%). Compared to patients aged 18\u201360 years, those aged &amp;lt; 18 years had significantly lower odds of malignancy (OR = 0.21, 95% CI 0.08\u20130.59), whereas those &amp;gt; 60 years had significantly higher odds of malignancy (OR = 3.29, 95% CI 2.37\u20134.56).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Most ocular masses were non-malignant. 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