Five Retained Soft Contact Lenses in the Upper Fornix: A Case Report in a Patient with Hemifacial Atrophy

Minghao Zhao, MD; Tianyi Gu, MD; Li Teng, MD; Chao Zhang, MD

doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000005563

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open (Jan 2024)

Five Retained Soft Contact Lenses in the Upper Fornix: A Case Report in a Patient with Hemifacial Atrophy

Minghao Zhao, MD,
Tianyi Gu, MD,
Li Teng, MD,
Chao Zhang, MD

Affiliations

Minghao Zhao, MD: From the 5th Department of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Tianyi Gu, MD: From the 5th Department of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Li Teng, MD: From the 5th Department of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Chao Zhang, MD: From the 5th Department of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000005563
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
p. e5563

Abstract

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Summary:. The displacement of a lost contact lens into the upper fornix is an uncommon occurrence. This case report presents a rare incidence wherein a patient diagnosed with hemifacial atrophy was found to have concealed five soft contact lenses within the left upper fornix during autologous fat injection into the retrobulbar space.

Published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open

ISSN: 2169-7574 (Online)
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
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