Descriptive Study of Conjunctival Cysts: A Rare Complication after Strabismus Surgery

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Case number	Sex	Age (yrs)	Surgical modality	Cyst site	Discovery time	Primary symptoms	The operated sequence of affected muscle	Treatment and prognosis	Pathology	Bacteria culture
1	Female	39	Right lateral rectus recession and medial rectus resection	Middle right nasal	1 month	Foreign object sense	Sole surgical eye, the 2nd muscle	Spontaneous remission	NA	NA
2	Male	10	Right lateral rectus recession and medial rectus resection in 2009, bilateral inferior oblique myectomy + medial rectus recession in 2015	Left subnosal	2 weeks	Redness	The 2nd surgical eye	Spontaneous remission	NA	NA
3	Male	4	Right lateral rectus recession and medial rectus resection	Inferior temporal fornix	>20 days	Conjunctival cyst found	Sole operated eye, the 1st muscle	Asymptomatic persistent	NA	Negative
4	Male	14	Right medial rectus recession and lateral rectus resection	Right temporal	2 weeks	Foreign body sense and cyst found	The 2nd muscle of operated eye	Excision at 6 weeks postoperative	NA	Negative
5	Female	15	Bilateral rectus recession and right medial rectus resection	5 × 5 mm, middle right temporal	6 months	Foreign body sense and cyst found	The 2nd operated eye	Excision at 2 years postoperative	Squamous epithelium	Negative
6	Female	3	Inferior oblique myectomy	Right inferior fornix	1 month	Restriction of eye movement, swelling of the eyelid.	Sole operated eye, the only muscle	Excision at 4 months postoperative	Dermoid cyst	Negative
7	Female	4	Bilateral medial rectus recession	Left nasal	10 days	Cyst found	The 2nd operated eye, the 2nd muscle	Excision at 6 months postoperative	Inflammation, single-layer epithelium	MRSA+