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contact lens or ocular prosthesis.

Papillae coat the tarsal surface of the upper eyelid


and may reach large size (giant papillary conjunctivitis). Limbal papillae may occur
in vernal keratoconjunctivitis (Horner-Trantas dots). The histologic appearance of
papillary conjunctivitis is identical, regardless of the cause: closely packed, flattopped projections, with numerous eosinophils, lymphocytes, plasma cells, and
mast cells in the stroma surrounding a central vascular channel. ocular prosthesis.
Papillae coat the tarsal surface of the upper eyelid and may reach large size (giant
papillary conjunctivitis). Limbal papillae may occur in vernal keratoconjunctivitis
(Horner-Trantas dots). The histologic appearance of papillary conjunctivitis is
identical, regardless of the cause: closely packed, flat-topped projections, with
numerous eosinophils, lymphocytes, plasma cells, and mast cells in the stroma
surrounding a central vascular channel.

Follicular conjunctivitis (Fig

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