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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 612 |
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Retained intracorneal and intracameral eyelashes following blunt trauma
Ramya Natarajan1, Dilip K Mishra2, Pragnya Rao3, Sunita Chaurasia3
1 Department of Ophthalmic Biophysics, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
2 Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
3 Cornea and Anterior Segment Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
| Date of Web Publication | 13-Apr-2022 |
Correspondence Address:
Sunita Chaurasia
Cornea and Anterior Segment Services, The Cornea Institute, L V Prasad Eye Institute, L V Prasad Marg, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500 034, Telangana
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1958_21
How to cite this article:
Natarajan R, Mishra DK, Rao P, Chaurasia S. Retained intracorneal and intracameral eyelashes following blunt trauma. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2022;2:612 |
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Natarajan R, Mishra DK, Rao P, Chaurasia S. Retained intracorneal and intracameral eyelashes following blunt trauma. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep [serial online] 2022 [cited 2023 Apr 2];2:612. Available from: https://www.ijoreports.in/text.asp?2022/2/2/612/342914 |
A 12-year-old boy presented with a self-sealed corneal tear with two eyelashes embedded within the stroma and communicating with the anterior chamber reaching up to the angles at 2'o clock following an injury with a stone [Figure 1]. The surgical removal of intraocular cilia was performed. Intraocular cilia may present in conjunctiva, cornea, anterior chamber, lens, iris, ciliary body, and retina.[1] If not removed, it may cause a granulomatous reaction, cyst formation in the anterior chamber, and structural changes such as fragmentation, depigmentation, and gradual absorption.[2],[3] Whenever possible, surgical extraction of the retained intraocular cilia should be performed. | Figure 1: (a) Slit-lamp images of the left eye shows the sealed corneal tear with cilium within the cornea and (b) communication with the anterior chamber (pointed with arrows)
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| 2. | Metrikin DC, Fante RG, Hodes BL. Intraocular cilia after penetrating eye injury. Arch Ophthalmol 1992;110:921. |
| 3. | Fish LA, Ragen MT, Smith RE, Lean J. Propionibacterium acnes lens abscess after traumatic implantation of intralenticular cilia. Am J Ophthalmol 1988;105:423-4. |
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