Eyelid Disease

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Differential-diagnosis 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

More Specific Terms

• blepharitis
• chalazion
• ectropion
• entropion
• eyelid cancer
• hordeolum (sty)
• lagophthalmos
• meibomitis (meibomianitis)
• trichiasis

Differential-diagnosis

• inflammation/ infection

• local process

• chalazion
• rosacia
• dacrocystis
• hordeolum ( sty)
• blepharitis

• extension from the orbit: orbital cellulitis

• tumor
• common age-related ocular changes of the eyelids

• contributing factors

• loss of orbital fat
• loss of muscle tone
• loss of elastic tissue

• specific disorders

• ectropion
• entropion
• trichiasis
• meibomitis
• dermatochalasis

More General Terms

• eye disease (ophthalmopathy)

Additional Terms

• eyelid (palpebra, palpebrae)

References

1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
2. Greater Los Angeles, GRECC, optometry

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