Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine
Volume 2012, Article ID 261414, 3 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/261414
Case Report
Trichilemmal Cyst of the Eyelid: Masquerading as Recurrent Chalazion
1Department of Ophthalmic Plastics, Facial Aesthetics and Ocular Oncology, GMRV Campus, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hanumanthwaka Junction, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 530040, India
2Dalmia Ophthalmic Pathology Services, L V Prasada Eye Institute, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Orrisa 751024, India
Received 8 December 2011; Accepted 26 February 2012
Academic Editors: M. S. Chen and F. G. Holz
Copyright © 2012 Manju Meena et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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