An eyelid mass caused by a migrated hard contact lens.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a mass caused by a hard contact lens in the upper eyelid.


METHODS
We present a case of a 77-year-old man who complained of a mass in his right upper eyelid. He had previously undergone cataract surgery in the right eye at age 60 and then became a hard contact lens wearer. He underwent horizontal wedge-shaped excision of the tarsus at age 73.


RESULTS
The mass in the right upper eyelid was excised. During the surgery, a hard contact lens was found embedded in the mass near the excision site of the tarsus.


CONCLUSIONS
Hard contact lens migration through the wedge-shaped excision site of the tarsus into the upper eyelid, as seen in our patient, may be rare.
Hayasaka
Yoriko
Y
Department of Ophthalmology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan. ophthal@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
Hayasaka
Seiji
S
Nagaki
Yasunori
Y
Endo
Yoshimi
Y
D000368:Aged; D003261:Contact Lenses / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed