Eyelashes on an extruding porous polyethylene orbital implant.
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.
Robberecht
Kirsten
K
Unit for Oculoplastic Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
Berghmans
Lieve
L
Kestelyn
Philippe
P
Decock
Christian
C
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
D020959:Polyethylene