A 42-year-old British woman was shocked to find from an MRI scan that her swollen eye was because a contact lens was embedded in her eyelid for 28 years, according to a recent article by CNN.
The CNN report cited a July study from BMJ Case Reports.
The enclosed contact started out as a small cyst just below the women's left eyebrow and grew over a six-month period to where it was visible on an MRI, according to the report.
Surgeons who removed the contact saw it was perfectly encapsulated by the tissue, though over time it became cracked and chipped.
The abnormal findings were attributed to a badminton accident when the woman was 14-years-old and hit in the left eye while wearing rigid contacts at the time. However, the woman reported to have experienced no pain or sensitivity in her eye once the injury healed.
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