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ECTROPION [1 record]

Record 1 2012-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
  • Genetics
DEF

The turning outward ... of the margin of the eyelid, resulting in exposure of the palpebral conjunctiva.

OBS

It occurs in several forms, the chief being spastic, cicatricial, senile, and paralytic.

OBS

The term "ectropion" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
  • Génétique
DEF

Éversion du bord libre de la paupière, le plus souvent consécutif chez les personnes âgées à une laxité excessive du muscle orbiculaire et des tissus conjonctifs palpébraux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
  • Genética
DEF

Eversión del párpado con exposición de una porción más o menos extensa de la superficie conjuntival.

OBS

El ectropión es generalmente ocasionado por el proceso de envejecimiento y por el debilitamiento del tejido conectivo del párpado pero con frecuencia esta anomalía es congénita [...]

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