A 6-year-old girl with ectopic cilia and hypochromic nevus

Fabricio L da Fonseca; Patricia K Yamanaka; Patricia P Lima; Suzana Matayoshi

doi:10.2147/OPTH.S63313

A 6-year-old girl with ectopic cilia and hypochromic nevus

Clin Ophthalmol. 2014 Jul 2:8:1259-61. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S63313. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Fabricio L da Fonseca¹, Patricia K Yamanaka¹, Patricia P Lima², Suzana Matayoshi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Department of Pathology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract

Ectopic cilia are rare in humans. We report a 6-year-old girl with typical characteristics of ectopic cilia as described in the rare cases reported in the literature, in association with cutaneous lesions that appeared to be hypochromic nevi. This framework could be a different clinical presentation of ectopic cilia.

Keywords: cutaneous lesions; ectopic cilia; hypochromic nevus.

Publication types

Case Reports