PMC5070482_01
Clinical photograph of ectopic cilia
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F1
An 11-year-old girl was seen on September 20 2015 in the ophthalmology outpatient clinic at Minia university hospital, with a chief complaint of a hair tuft projecting between the left upper eyelid lashes (Figure 1 (Fig. 1)).
Clinical photograph of the specimen after surgical excision
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F2
The tissue specimen was removed as a circular mass with a diameter of 8 mm that included skin, subcutaneous tissue with a centrally situated hair tuft, and some normal lashes located on one side of the abnormal hair tuft (Figure 2 (Fig. 2)).
Photomicrograph shows lash follicle (*), its fibrous tract (arrow), epidermis (E), Molls gland (MG), sebaceous gland (SG) and pilosebaceous follicle (PSF).
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F3
The specimen was sent for histopathology and the report described both sebaceous glands (SG) and epithelial lined apocrine Molls glands (MG) adjacent to subcutaneous pilosebaceous follicle (PSF) (Figure 3 (Fig. 3) and Figure 4 (Fig. 4)).
Photomicrograph shows sebaceous gland lobules (*) and epithelial-lined sweat gland (arrow).
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F4
The specimen was sent for histopathology and the report described both sebaceous glands (SG) and epithelial lined apocrine Molls glands (MG) adjacent to subcutaneous pilosebaceous follicle (PSF) (Figure 3 (Fig. 3) and Figure 4 (Fig. 4)).