title: ''Ectopic eyelashes'' (ectopic cilia) in a 2-year-old girl: brief report and discussion of possible embryologic origin.
abstract: Cilia, or eyelashes, are unique hair follicles normally found at the eyelid margin. The spectrum of cilial anomalies includes cilial row duplication, agenesis, and ectopic placement. Ectopic cilia are the most rare of cilial anomalies. We report a case of a 2-and-a-half-year-old girl with ectopic cilia of the anterior tarsal plate, an extremely rare, congenital anomaly that is most often not associated with other findings and likely results from an event during embryogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Tina S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Erin F D
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Mathes
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Gilliam
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002828:Choristoma / Q000196:embryology*; D005140:Eyelashes; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000196:embryology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans