@article{ref1,
title=""Masquerade foreign body" of the conjunctiva",
journal="Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde (1963)",
year="2003",
author="Szurman, Peter and Pressler, Harald and Kolb, Markus and Rohrbach, Jens Martin",
volume="220",
number="1-2",
pages="57-59",
abstract="CASE REPORT: An eight months old child presented with a &quot;red eye&quot; and a corneal erosion since a week. The parents reported on a &quot;hair&quot; which was invisible most of the time but appeared intermittently at the lid margin. The medical history was otherwise unremarkable. In general anaesthesia, a long structure could be easily extracted. The tapering structure disclosed several tiny hair-like filaments sprouting from the thickened end. This end was embedded within a fold of conjunctiva, thus giving the impression of a hair sheath. Clinically, an ectopic &quot;giant hair&quot; was supposed. Histology, however, revealed plants cells and a birefringence too high for a hair so that a diagnosis of a plant foreign body was established. CONCLUSION: Conjunctival foreign bodies may be overlooked especially in young children with no history of foreign body acquisition. They may occur as a &quot;masquerade foreign body&quot;.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0023-2165",
doi="10.1055/s-2003-37582",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2003-37582"
}