Conjunctival Eyelashes: A Rare Presentation of Dermoid

PURPOSE: To describe a previously unreported presentation of a conjunctival dermoid. CASE REPORT: An 8-year-old girl presented with a progressively enlarging mass in the right conjunctival fornix composed of normal appearing eyelashes. The patient had a history of aberrant conjunctival eyelash growt...

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Autores principales: Kim, Gene, Mifflin, Mark D., Mamalis, Nick, Moshirfar, Majid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ophthalmic Research Center 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24982740
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description PURPOSE: To describe a previously unreported presentation of a conjunctival dermoid. CASE REPORT: An 8-year-old girl presented with a progressively enlarging mass in the right conjunctival fornix composed of normal appearing eyelashes. The patient had a history of aberrant conjunctival eyelash growth that had caused recurrent conjunctivitis in her right eye over the past few years. The mass was surgically removed and the pathology report revealed it to be a conjunctival dermoid. The patient had an excellent surgical result with normal cosmetic appearance. CONCLUSION: Mature hair follicle growth from the conjunctiva is another possible presentation of a conjunctival dermoid that can be cured by simple surgical excision.
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spelling pubmed-40744822014-06-30 Conjunctival Eyelashes: A Rare Presentation of Dermoid Kim, Gene Mifflin, Mark D. Mamalis, Nick Moshirfar, Majid J Ophthalmic Vis Res Case Report PURPOSE: To describe a previously unreported presentation of a conjunctival dermoid. CASE REPORT: An 8-year-old girl presented with a progressively enlarging mass in the right conjunctival fornix composed of normal appearing eyelashes. The patient had a history of aberrant conjunctival eyelash growth that had caused recurrent conjunctivitis in her right eye over the past few years. The mass was surgically removed and the pathology report revealed it to be a conjunctival dermoid. The patient had an excellent surgical result with normal cosmetic appearance. CONCLUSION: Mature hair follicle growth from the conjunctiva is another possible presentation of a conjunctival dermoid that can be cured by simple surgical excision. Ophthalmic Research Center 2014-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4074482/ /pubmed/24982740 Text en © 2014 Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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title Conjunctival Eyelashes: A Rare Presentation of Dermoid
title_full Conjunctival Eyelashes: A Rare Presentation of Dermoid
title_fullStr Conjunctival Eyelashes: A Rare Presentation of Dermoid
title_full_unstemmed Conjunctival Eyelashes: A Rare Presentation of Dermoid
title_short Conjunctival Eyelashes: A Rare Presentation of Dermoid
title_sort conjunctival eyelashes: a rare presentation of dermoid
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24982740
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