Unexpected cause for eyelid swelling and ptosis: rigid gas permeable contact lens migration following a 28-year-old trauma

Sirjhun Patel; Lai-Ling Tan; Helen Murgatroyd

doi:10.1136/bcr-2018-225767

Unexpected cause for eyelid swelling and ptosis: rigid gas permeable contact lens migration following a 28-year-old trauma

Sirjhun Patel (Lead / Corresponding author), Lai-Ling Tan, Helen Murgatroyd

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Abstract

A patient presented with left upper eyelid swelling and ptosis. The MRI reported a cyst with proteinaceous content. On surgical excision of the cyst, a rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lens was found. The RGP lens was encapsulated within the upper eyelid soft tissue. It was later revealed that the patient experienced childhood trauma while wearing RGP contact lenses 28 years previously. The patient assumed that the RGP lens fell out and was lost; however, it can be inferred that the lens migrated into the eyelid and resided there asymptomatically for 28 years.

Original language	English
Article number	225767
Number of pages	2
Journal	BMJ Case Reports
Volume	2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-225767
Publication status	Published - 10 Aug 2018

Keywords

Ophthalmology
accidents
injuries

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General Medicine

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Unexpected cause for eyelid swelling and ptosis: rigid gas permeable contact lens migration following a 28-year-old trauma

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