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By Mayo Clinic staffEctropion (ek-TROH-pee-on) is a condition in which your eyelid — typically the lower lid — turns out, leaving the inner eyelid surface exposed and prone to irritation. Ectropion occurs mainly in older adults. In severe ectropion, the entire length of the eyelid is turned out. When ectropion is less severe, only one segment of the eyelid sags away from the eye.
Artificial tears can help relieve the symptoms caused by ectropion until you can have surgery to correct the condition.
- Ectropion — Eyelids that turn out. American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. http://www.asoprs.org/files/public/infoectropion.pdf. Accessed Aug. 16, 2010.
- de Menezes Bedran EG, et al. Ectropion. Seminars in Ophthalmology. 2010; 25:59.
- Eliasoph I. Current techniques of entropion and ectropion correction. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 2005;38:903.
- Robinson FO, et al. Ectropion. In: Yanoff M, et al. Ophthalmology. 2nd ed. Maryland Heights, Mo.: Mosby Elsevier; 2008. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/215118653-2/0/1869/577.html?tocnode=56526163&fromURL=577.html#4-u1.0-B978-0-323-04332-8..00236-5_5226. Accessed Aug. 12, 2010.
- Entropion and ectropion. The Merck Manuals: The Merck Manual for Healthcare Professionals. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec09/ch100/ch100h.html?qt=entropion&alt=sh. Accessed Aug. 13, 2010.
- Robertson DM (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Aug. 22, 2010.
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