Who decides what is benign and what is malignant?
The most definitive way of diagnosing whether a tumour is benign or malignant is for a histopathologist to analyzing a fragment of the tumor under the microscope. To do this, the oculoplastic surgeon removes a piece of the tumor (incisional biopsy) and sends it to the pathologist. Using special tissue staining methods, the pathologist can tell whether the tumor is classified under a benign or malignant category.
