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![]() | Media file 1: Involutional entropion. Note overriding orbicularis oculi muscle, eyelid margin entropion, and relative enophthalmos with deep superior sulcus. |
![]() | Media file 2: Involutional entropion. Correction of entropion with eyelid retractor reattachment and lateral canthopexy. |
![]() | Media file 3: Cicatricial entropion of upper eyelid. Note eyelid margin inversion. |
![]() | Media file 4: Cicatricial entropion of the upper eyelid with eyelid everted. Note scar tissue involving tarsal conjunctiva. |
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References
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Further Reading
Related eMedicine topics
Lower Eyelid Reconstruction, Ectropion
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Keywords
entropion, involutional entropion, cicatricial entropion, acute spastic entropion, congenital entropion, eyelid entropion, eyelid inversion, eyelid margin inversion, ocular irritation, eyelid retraction, corneal abrasions








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