Congenital Entropion due to Epiblepharon

Congenital entropion due to epiblepharon.

CONGENITAL entropion is a rare malformation of the eyelid and for that reason this case is worth publishing. Among the 160,000 patients of the University Eye Clinic Debrecen in the last 25 years many cases of epiblepharon have been observed, but among them this is the only one in which we had to deal with real entropion.

Bilateral congenital entropion of the upper eyelids.

Fish-tail resection for treating congenital entropion in Asians

PREFACE The Asian race has a high prevalence of congenital entropion. It was reported that over 20% of Japanese children have congenital entropion at the age of 1 year. One of the structural causes of this condition is the development of epiblepharon, which attaches the lower eyelid to the upper eyelid, and is also common among Asians. However, designing a procedure for modifying an epicanthus ...

Congenital pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

A case of probable vertical transmission of Mycoplasma pneumoniae is presented. The presence of M pneumoniae was demonstrated by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the nasopharyngeal aspirate of a newborn who developed pneumonia shortly after birth. This result was confirmed by performing a second PCR, amplifying another part of the genome of M pneumoniae. It is concluded that M pneumoniae ...

Thymic hypoplasia due to congenital rubella.

Garcia, A. G. P., Olinto, F., and Fortes, T. G. 0. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 181. Thymic hypoplasia due to congenital rubella. Two cases of rubella embryopathy are presented. In both, hypoplasia of the thymus and of the thymus-dependent lymphoid tissue was conspicuous. Vascular lesions identical with those described in the congenital rubella syndrome were present in the thym...