Showing posts with label Rare Tumor Causes Hairy Eyball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rare Tumor Causes Hairy Eyball. Show all posts
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Hairy Eyeball Caused By Rare Tumor
A rare tumor in a 19-year old man caused hair to grow on his eyeball, researchers report.
The tumor, called a limbal dermoid, was benign and had been present since birth. It gradually grew in size until it was about 5 mm in diameter (a little less than a quarter of an inch), and sprouted several black hairs, said the researchers from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in Iran.
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