Mucus fishing syndrome

General: Excessive mucus production created by mechanical damage of conjunctival epithelium; epithelial injury created by mechanical removal of excess mucus, which leads to further increased mucus production, causing a continuous cycle; initial mucus pro-duction may be associated with an underlying ocular disease, such as pterygium, keratoconus, blepharitis, or keratoconjunctivitis.

Ocular: Excessive mucus production; blepharitis; pterygium; keratoconjunctivitis; keratoconus; corneal foreign body; floppy lid syndrome; map-dot fingerprint dystrophy; squamous cell cancer of conjunctiva.

Clinical: None.

McCulley JP, et al. Mucus fishing syndrome. Ophthalmology 1965; 92:1262-l265.

McCulley JP, et al. Classification of chronic blepharitis. Ophthalmology 1982; 89:1173-l180.