Purpose: To report a case of conjunctival synthetic fiber granuloma. Case Report: Six-year old female presented with an inferior conjunctival tumor in the right eye for six months. The lesion was excised and histopathological examination revealed granulomatous inflammation and multinucleated giant cells phagocy birefringent material, recognized as synthetic fibers. Discussion: Synthetic fiber granuloma of the conjunctiva is an uncommon lesion described mainly in children. Usually it occurs unilaterally and situated in the inferior conjunc-tival fornix. The contact of the eye with toys containing synthetic fibers in this age group could explain the origin of the lesion. Synthetic fiber conjunctival granuloma should be included in the differential diagnosis of conjunctival tumors in children.
Conjunctiva; Foreign body granuloma; Synthetic fiber
