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In the present paper, we present a case of a 58-year-old woman with a history of eye trauma and a perforated corneal wound in the left eye that occurred 50 years ago. On the ophthalmological exam we noticed in the anterior chamber a straight linear extension, resembling cilia, extending behind the iris. The patient reports that it appeared during COVID-19 infection, after repeated episodes of coughing. After a follow-up period, we decided to remove the eyelash; 24 h after surgery, the patient complained of severe eye pain. Intraocular pressure (IOP) in LE was 54 mmHg. The slit-lamp examination showed perikeratic congestion, corneal edema and mydriasis. Eye hypotensive treatment was started immediately and the patient\u2019s general condition slightly improved. Intraocular cilia can be tolerated for many years without causing any ocular reaction. The decision for surgical intervention must be taken according to the individual needs of the patient and his ocular characteristics with careful pre- and post-operative follow up.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics13091575","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,28]],"date-time":"2023-04-28T01:33:40Z","timestamp":1682645620000},"page":"1575","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Post-Traumatic Cilia Remaining Inert in the Posterior Chamber for 50 Years"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Cosmin Adrian","family":"Teodoru","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, \u201cLucian Blaga\u201d University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9856-8515","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mihai Dan","family":"Roman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, \u201cLucian Blaga\u201d University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adrian","family":"Ha\u0219egan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, \u201cLucian Blaga\u201d University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Claudiu","family":"Matei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, \u201cLucian Blaga\u201d University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cosmin","family":"Mohor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, \u201cLucian Blaga\u201d University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mihnea","family":"Munteanu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, \u201cVictor Babes\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0811-0821","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mihaela Laura","family":"Vic\u0103","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, \u201cIuliu Ha\u0163ieganu\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"},{"name":"Institute of Legal Medicine, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2051-3973","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Horea Vladi","family":"Matei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, \u201cIuliu Ha\u0163ieganu\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"},{"name":"Institute of Legal Medicine, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2595-6319","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Horia","family":"Stanca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, \u201cCarol Davila\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2395-3683","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria-Emilia","family":"Cerghedean-Florea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, \u201cLucian Blaga\u201d University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hora\u021biu","family":"Dura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, \u201cLucian Blaga\u201d University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"33","article-title":"Intraocular cilia associated with perforating injury","volume":"48","author":"Gopal","year":"2000","journal-title":"Indian J. 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