Abstract

AIM: TO REPORT A RARE CASE OF CONJUNCTIVAL DERMOID.
CASE REPORT: A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL PRESENTED TO US WITH A PROGRESSIVELY ENLARGING MASS IN THE LATERAL CONJUNCTIVA OF THE LEFT EYE OVER 4-5 YEARS WHICH WAS INSIDIOUS IN ONSET. A TUFT OF HAIR FOLLICLES WAS PRESENT OVER THE MASS. ON EXAMINATION, NO RESTRICTION OF EOM AND VA 6/6. CT REPORT REVEALED SMALL FOCAL FAT CONTAINING LATERAL CONJUNCTIVAL LESION OF 9X4MM. THE MASS WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHESIA. HISTOPATHOLOGY REPORT REVEALED IT TO BE A CONJUNCTIVAL DERMOID. THE PATIENT HAD A GOOD SURGICAL OUTCOME WITH NORMAL COSMETIC APPEARANCE.
CONCLUSION: MATURE HAIR FOLLICLE GROWTH FROM THE CONJUNCTIVA COULD BE A PRESENTATION OF A CONJUNCTIVAL DERMOID THAT CAN BE CURED BY SIMPLE SURGICAL EXCISION.