“From Lush to Lost: Eyelashes Finding a Home in the Conjunctiva” – A Case Report of Conjunctival Dermoid
We report an unusual case of conjunctival dermoid which presented with hair growth in the inferior fornix. Case report: An 8-year-old girl presented to us with chronic irritation and foreign body sensation in her left eye which was treated at multiple hospitals as allergic conjunctivitis. On examina...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2025-04-01
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| Series: | TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/tjosr.tjosr_49_25 |
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| Summary: | We report an unusual case of conjunctival dermoid which presented with hair growth in the inferior fornix. Case report: An 8-year-old girl presented to us with chronic irritation and foreign body sensation in her left eye which was treated at multiple hospitals as allergic conjunctivitis. On examination, there was a tuft of hair growth in the inferior conjunctival fornix. Excision biopsy was performed, and the histopathology report concluded to be a conjunctival dermoid. Post-operatively, there was no recurrence noted at 6 months. Conjunctival dermoid can also present as a conjunctival hair follicle growth which can be treated by simple excision. |
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| ISSN: | 2589-4528 2589-4536 |