title: Asymptomatic subconjunctival entrapment of a cilium.
abstract: We report an unusual case of asymptomatic subconjunctival entrapment of a cilium. A 64-year-old man presented with a 3 month history of a painless black line in the conjunctiva of the left eye, and slit-lamp examination revealed a cilium under the conjunctiva. The patient remained asymptomatic without conjunctival edema or hyperemia during a 2 week follow-up. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an asymptomatic cilium inside the subconjunctival space.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, and Toranomon Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan. mimurat-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakashizuka
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kami
authors.forename: Morio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohmura
authors.forename: Shimpei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: Mikiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000293:injuries*; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005140:Eyelashes; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors