In recent 5 years, a series of studies have been made in the mechanism of onset of eyelid sebaceous carcinoma worldwide. In clinical research, the prognosis has made in predicting progression of patients with eyelid sebaceous carcinoma, and the significancy of frozen margin control in microsurgery was clarified. In field of basic research,from elucidation of mutational landscape to revelation of three independent pathogenesis patterns, from researches on immunotherapy to targeted therapy, efforts have been made to reveal the pathological mechanism to both aspect of its morbidity and development. This paper summarizes, analyzes and reviews the main achievements in recent 5 years on eyelid sebaceous carcinoma.