title: [Pseudotumor-like superficial conjunctival foreign body].
abstract: Pseudo-tumoral presentation of a superficial conjunctival foreign body. A 4-year-old girl was seen in consultation for an apparent conjunctival tumor of the inner canthus of the right eye. With a soft traction, the tumor was detached of the conjunctiva, as it represented in fact a foreign body. Histopathology helped to diagnose that the foreign body was made of textile fiber. Superficial conjunctival foreign bodies may sometimes appear difficult to identify primarily especially in children.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie du Pr. Renard, Hôtel-Dieu, Paris.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: D'Hermies
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Morel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lureau
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Renard
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Aspect pseudo-tumoral d'un corps étranger conjonctival superficiel.