Retained soft contact lens masquerading as a chalazion: A case report

• Main Authors: Pankaj Kumar Agarwal, Taha Y Ahmed, Charles J M Diaper
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
• Subjects: British Asians; eye disease prevalence; eye health care planning; Indian subcontinent; Frequency-doubling technology perimetry; multifocal visual evoked potentials; optic neuritis; pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials; Childhood blindness; complications; outcome; pediatric cataract; risk factors; Developing countries; glaucoma; open-angle; viscocanalostomy; Iris claw enclaving; lens extraction; surgical aphakia; Foreign body; imaging; orbit; wooden; Liver disease; spontaneous expulsive hemorrhage; suprachoroidal; Chalazion; eyelid; retained contact lens; soft contact lens
• Online Access: http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2013;volume=61;issue=2;spage=80;epage=81;aulast=Agarwal

A misplaced contact lens is a common ocular emergency presenting to the eye casualty. We report a case of lost soft contact lens which migrated in the lid and presented 13 years later with symptomatic eye lid swelling. Authors in the past have reported migration and subsequent retention of lost hard lenses in locations such as the superior fornix and eyelid. To the best of our knowledge, misplaced soft contact lens masquerading as a chalazion has not been reported in the literature. Consideration should be given to the possibility of a retained contact lens in a patient with a history of a lost or misplaced lens, and examination of the ocular surface with double eversion of the upper lid should be performed.