Frontal osteomyelitis presenting as upper eyelid ectropion: A cautionary tale
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Upper eyelid ectropion repair.
Huerva V, Castanera D. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-221982 Description A 75-year-old man presented with a constant, not repositioned left upper eyelid ectropion (figure 1). The patient had suffered several episodes of infectious keratitis due to eyeball exposure. The lower eyelid presented also an ectropion due to hyperlaxity. Severely injected and hypertrophied superior tarsal conju...
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عنوان ژورنال: Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1319-4534
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjopt.2015.01.005