title: Encysted hard contact lens appearing as an orbital mass.
abstract: A 37-year-old man had an anterior orbital mass. Computerized tomography demonstrated a cystic lesion between the upper eyelid and the globe, but no foreign body was visible within the lesion. The cyst was removed surgically and found to contain a hard contact lens. Twenty cases of encysted hard contact lenses have been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Ophthalmology, Richmond 23298.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Friedberg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abedi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003261:Contact Lenses / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*