Mohta A, Agrawal A, Sharma P, Kushwaha RK, Saxena R, Mohta R, Jain SK. Anterior Ectopic Cilia with Myopia and Lichen Nitidus: A Rare Case Report with Dermoscopic Findings.
Int J Trichology 2020;
12:79-81. [PMID:
32684680 PMCID:
PMC7362966 DOI:
10.4103/ijt.ijt_29_20]
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Abstract
Ectopic cilia, or lash follicles situated over abnormal sites, are an extremely rare entity. Here, we report the case of a 6-year-old-boy who presented with ectopic cilia over the left upper eyelid along with a positive family history. Dermoscopy revealed discreet terminal hair emerging from the individual hair follicles surmounted over a diffuse structureless whitish-yellow zone and a few vellus hairs in the surrounding normal skin. These hairs, on histopathological examination, had multiple pilosebaceous follicular units embedded in a desmoplastic stroma with multiple eccrine sweat glands. Other incidental findings included lichen nitidus and myopia.
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