Chalazion | |
Chronic granulomatous reaction against fatty retention within the lumen of Meibomian Glands (best visible after regression of inflmmation: right picture). Contrary to acute hordeolum the inflammation is sterile and not painful. | |
Machemer, Robert, M.D., Duke Univ. Medical School, Durham, NC, USA | |
H00.1 | |
Lids -> Blepharitis, Infection -> Chalazion, Hordeolum | |
5063 |