WHAT IS ECTROPION

Ectropion (Eversion of eyelid)

It is a condition in which lid margin is everted away from the globe.

Types:

Congenital

Acquired

(i)         Involutional  (Senile)

(ii)        Cicatricial

(iii)       Paralytic - due to fascial palsy

Clinical Features

• Epiphora
• Conjunctivitis
• Keratitis

i.          Involutional Ectropion.

• It is characterized by excessive horizontal eye lid length combined with weakness of pretarsal portion of orbicularis muscle.

ii.         Cicatricial Ectropion.

• Caused by scarring or contractures of skin and under lying tissues

Causes:

• Trauma
• Burns &
• Tumors

Treatment:

• Surgical