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We describe 2 paediatric patients who developed large orbital conjunctival epithelium-lined inclusion cysts postsurgery. Case 1 underwent Ahmed glaucoma valve implant surgery 8 months ago and case 2 underwent strabismus surgery 7 years ago. Both cases had either symptomatic strabismus or a mass causing some degree of proptosis or incomitance due to lesions in the intraorbital space. Following total excision of the cysts all associated symptoms were resolved. Conjunctival cysts following ocular surgery can develop anywhere in the anterior segment; however, large orbital cysts following anterior segment surgery are quite rare. We think that implantation cysts should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients that have signs of orbital mass with a history of previous anterior segment surgery. Complete excision of the cysts results in resolution of all associated signs and symptoms.
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Contributors EDB contributed to the data collection, surgery, and writing of the manuscript. AY contributed to the data supervision, surgery, and writing of the manuscript. OU contributed to the writing of the manuscript, and surgery. MP contributed to the study supervision and writing of the manuscript.
Competing interests None declared.
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