Atlas of Ophthalmology

Ectropion, Cicatricial

Ectropion, Cicatricial
Here the eyelid margin is rotated away from the eye because of shortening in the skin or orbicularis muscle. It results from skin diseases, trauma, or iatrogen such as "face lifting".
Jonathan, Dutton, M.D., USA, M.D., Chapel Hill NC
H02.14
Lids -> Entropion and Ectropion
Lids
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