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Asymptomatic subconjunctival entrapment of a cilium

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We report an unusual case of asymptomatic subconjunctival entrapment of a cilium. A 64-year-old man presented with a 3 month history of a painless black line in the conjunctiva of the left eye, and slit-lamp examination revealed a cilium under the conjunctiva. The patient remained asymptomatic without conjunctival edema or hyperemia during a 2 week follow-up. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an asymptomatic cilium inside the subconjunctival space.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

    Tatsuya Mimura

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Tatsuya Mimura, Takayuki Nakashizuka, Junko Kami, Morio Kohmura, Shimpei Sato, Kazuhiro Dou & Mikiro Mori

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Mimura, T., Nakashizuka, T., Kami, J. et al. Asymptomatic subconjunctival entrapment of a cilium. Int Ophthalmol 31, 325–326 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-011-9449-5

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