These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Eyelid ectropion caused by glasses. Mechanical centurion syndrome.
    Author: Pérez-Dieste JM, Castroviejo-Bolíbar M.
    Journal: Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol; 2013 Feb; 88(2):80-2. PubMed ID: 23433196.
    Abstract:
    CASE REPORT: A 73 year-old woman with epiphora and ocular irritation resistant to medical treatment. The lacrimal pathway was permeable and there was no eyelid malposition. On examining the patient with her glasses on, both lower eyelids presented an inner third ectropion. Once the diagnosis was established and the mechanical factor resolved, the clinical symptoms improved within a few days. DISCUSSION: The diagnosis of the eyelid ectropion can be more complex when the ectropion is secondary to wearing glasses. The presence of the epicanthic fold shows the importance of the mechanical factor. In our patient the characteristics of the ectropion were similar to the so-called centurion syndrome.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]