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Congenital entropion and congenital corneal ulcer
L L Yang1, S R Lambert, J Chapman
1Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|March 1, 1996
Abstract
Purpose:
We studied a case of corneal ulceration in utero from lower eyelid entropion.
Methods:
A 3-week-old male infant was referred for examination of a left corneal ulcer that was present at birth and unresponsive to antibiotics.
Results:
Examination disclosed a lower eyelid entropion that was treated surgically by a nonincisional method, leaving a central leukoma after re-epithelialization.
Conclusion:
Congenital lower eyelid entropion should be included in the differential diagnosis of congenital corneal opacities.