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Beware of tumour inside Eye A small lesion present on the white part of eye can grow towards cornea and can affect your vision. Limbal Dermoid is a congenital anomaly which starts increasing during puberty and may even decrease eye sight to the extent of making you blind. Patients who were operated and saved from this rare disease thanked the team of doctor- Dr Charudutt kalamkar, Dr Anil Gupta,Dr Vinay Jaiswal, and Dr Sunil Mal of Shree Ganesh Vinayak Hospital. Limbal Dermoid p atients are on average quite young, with the majority of lesions diagnosed before puberty. Dermoids are congenital in nature, but enlarge over time; hence, the lesion may not be given much regard until the individual reaches adolescence. Smaller lesions are typically asymptomatic, but larger dermoids may cause discomfort in the form of dry eye symptoms, conjunctival irritation or lagophthalmos. Visual acuity may also be impacted by larger dermoids, since these lesions may contribute to the devel