title: Eyelashes on an extruding porous polyethylene orbital implant.
abstract: This photo essay describes a patient with eyelashes perpendicular to the extruding part of a porous polyethylene orbital implant. The upright position of these eyelashes created the impression of growth on the extruding implant, but they are lost eyelashes that became entrapped in the pores of the implant.
authors.affiliation: Unit for Oculoplastic Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Robberecht
authors.forename: Lieve
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Berghmans
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kestelyn
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Decock
mesh_terms: D020878:Device Removal; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005140:Eyelashes / Q000254:growth & development / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020273:Orbital Implants; D020959:Polyethylene; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation
chemical_list: D020959:Polyethylene