TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - "Masquerade foreign body" of the conjunctiva
JO  - Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde (1963)
A1  - Szurman, Peter
A1  - Pressler, Harald
A1  - Kolb, Markus
A1  - Rohrbach, Jens Martin
SP  - 57
EP  - 59
VL  - 220
IS  - 1-2
N2  - CASE REPORT: An eight months old child presented with a "red eye" and a corneal erosion since a week. The parents reported on a "hair" 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 "giant hair" 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 "masquerade foreign body".<p /> <p>Language: de</p>
LA  - de
SN  - 0023-2165
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2003-37582
ID  - ref1
ER  -