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Upper eyelid entropion

MedGen UID:
636793
•Concept ID:
C0521731
•
Disease or Syndrome
SNOMED CT: Upper eyelid entropion (95753002)
 
HPO: HP:0025607

Definition

An inward turning (inversion) of the margin of the upper eyelid. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVUpper eyelid entropion

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of Severe Cicatricial Entropion With Labial Mucous Membrane Graft in Cicatricial Ocular Surface Disorders.
Osaki TH, Sant'Anna AE, Osaki MH, Kikkawa DO, Yabumoto C, Yang P, Korn BS
J Craniofac Surg 2018 Sep;29(6):1531-1534. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000004584. PMID: 29762330
Upper eyelid postseptal weight placement for treatment of paralytic lagophthalmos.
Rozen S, Lehrman C
Plast Reconstr Surg 2013 Jun;131(6):1253-1265. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31828be961. PMID: 23714789
Marcus Gunn jaw-winking synkinesis: clinical features and management.
Demirci H, Frueh BR, Nelson CC
Ophthalmology 2010 Jul;117(7):1447-52. Epub 2010 Feb 25 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.11.014. PMID: 20188419

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Margin rotation for tarsal buckling following ptosis surgery.
Cruz AAV, Diniz SB, Guimarães JA, Souza RL, Galindo-Ferreiro A, Araujo LMF, Cecchetti SAP, SanťAnna AEB
Int Ophthalmol 2023 Mar;43(3):741-748. Epub 2022 Aug 29 doi: 10.1007/s10792-022-02473-5. PMID: 36038692
Clinical Manifestations in Patients Wearing Ocular Prostheses.
Kim J, Yoon S, Lee H, Lee H, Baek S
J Craniofac Surg 2022 Jul-Aug 01;33(5):e472-e474. Epub 2021 Nov 12 doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000008374. PMID: 34775443
Upper eyelid levator-recession and anterior lamella repositioning through the grey-line: Avoiding a skin-crease incision.
Pandey N, Jayaprakasam A, Feldman I, Malhotra R
Indian J Ophthalmol 2018 Feb;66(2):273-277. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_774_17. PMID: 29380774Free PMC Article
Anterior lamellar recession, blepharoplasty, and supratarsal fixation for cicatricial upper eyelid entropion without lagophthalmos.
Aghai GH, Gordiz A, Falavarjani KG, Kashkouli MB
Eye (Lond) 2016 Apr;30(4):627-31. Epub 2016 Feb 12 doi: 10.1038/eye.2016.12. PMID: 26869158Free PMC Article
Upper eyelid entropion and dry eye in cicatricial trachoma without trichiasis.
Lucena A, Akaishi PM, Rodrigues Mde L, Cruz AA
Arq Bras Oftalmol 2012 Nov-Dec;75(6):420-2. doi: 10.1590/s0004-27492012000600010. PMID: 23715146

Diagnosis

A Simple New Technique for Treatment of Tarsal Kink Syndrome.
Vahdani K, Konstantinidis A, Thaller VT
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2017 May/Jun;33(3S Suppl 1):S77-S79. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000672. PMID: 26950473
A Case of a Bilateral Cicatricial Upper Eyelid Entropion After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I.
Dulz S, Wagenfeld L, Richard G, Schrum J, Muschol N, Keserü M
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2017 May/Jun;33(3S Suppl 1):S75-S77. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000592. PMID: 26588207
Reverse modified Hughes procedure for uppereyelid reconstruction.
Sa HS, Woo KI, Kim YD
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2010 May-Jun;26(3):155-60. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181b8e5fd. PMID: 20489537
Conservative management of upper eyelid entropion.
Maycock NJ, Sahu DN, Mota PM, Gaston H, Hodgkins PR
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2008 Nov-Dec;45(6):377-8. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20081101-12. PMID: 19043953
Eyelid changes in long-standing leprosy.
Guimarães FC, Cruz AA
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 1998 Jul;14(4):239-43. doi: 10.1097/00002341-199807000-00003. PMID: 9700730

Therapy

A Case of a Bilateral Cicatricial Upper Eyelid Entropion After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I.
Dulz S, Wagenfeld L, Richard G, Schrum J, Muschol N, Keserü M
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2017 May/Jun;33(3S Suppl 1):S75-S77. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000592. PMID: 26588207
The "silent brain syndrome" creating a severe form of the "giant fornix syndrome".
Chen JJ, Cohen AW, Wagoner MD, Allen RC
Cornea 2012 Sep;31(9):1065-7. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f8e65. PMID: 22357388
Gross enophthalmos after cerebrospinal fluid shunting for childhood hydrocephalus: the "silent brain syndrome".
Bernardini FP, Rose GE, Cruz AA, Priolo E
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2009 Nov-Dec;25(6):434-6. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181b80d2d. PMID: 19935243
Conservative management of upper eyelid entropion.
Maycock NJ, Sahu DN, Mota PM, Gaston H, Hodgkins PR
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2008 Nov-Dec;45(6):377-8. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20081101-12. PMID: 19043953
Central corneal dellen: a complication of upper eyelid tarsotomy.
Kwok SK, Tse DT
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2000 May;16(3):237-40. doi: 10.1097/00002341-200005000-00012. PMID: 10826766

Prognosis

Upper eyelid levator-recession and anterior lamella repositioning through the grey-line: Avoiding a skin-crease incision.
Pandey N, Jayaprakasam A, Feldman I, Malhotra R
Indian J Ophthalmol 2018 Feb;66(2):273-277. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_774_17. PMID: 29380774Free PMC Article
Anterior lamellar recession, blepharoplasty, and supratarsal fixation for cicatricial upper eyelid entropion without lagophthalmos.
Aghai GH, Gordiz A, Falavarjani KG, Kashkouli MB
Eye (Lond) 2016 Apr;30(4):627-31. Epub 2016 Feb 12 doi: 10.1038/eye.2016.12. PMID: 26869158Free PMC Article
The "silent brain syndrome" creating a severe form of the "giant fornix syndrome".
Chen JJ, Cohen AW, Wagoner MD, Allen RC
Cornea 2012 Sep;31(9):1065-7. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f8e65. PMID: 22357388
The use of autogenous auricular cartilage in the management of upper eyelid entropion.
Yaqub A, Leatherbarrow B
Eye (Lond) 1997;11 ( Pt 6):801-5. doi: 10.1038/eye.1997.209. PMID: 9537135
Treatment of upper eyelid entropion. Lid split surgery and fibrin sealing of free skin transplants.
Steinkogler FJ
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 1986;2(4):183-7. PMID: 3154560

Clinical prediction guides

Reconstruction of Large Upper Eyelid Defects Using the Reverse Hughes Flap Combined With a Sandwich Graft of an Acellular Dermal Matrix.
Eah KS, Sa HS
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2021 May-Jun 01;37(3S):S27-S30. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000001779. PMID: 32773514
Upper eyelid levator-recession and anterior lamella repositioning through the grey-line: Avoiding a skin-crease incision.
Pandey N, Jayaprakasam A, Feldman I, Malhotra R
Indian J Ophthalmol 2018 Feb;66(2):273-277. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_774_17. PMID: 29380774Free PMC Article
Anterior lamellar recession, blepharoplasty, and supratarsal fixation for cicatricial upper eyelid entropion without lagophthalmos.
Aghai GH, Gordiz A, Falavarjani KG, Kashkouli MB
Eye (Lond) 2016 Apr;30(4):627-31. Epub 2016 Feb 12 doi: 10.1038/eye.2016.12. PMID: 26869158Free PMC Article
Eyelid changes in long-standing leprosy.
Guimarães FC, Cruz AA
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 1998 Jul;14(4):239-43. doi: 10.1097/00002341-199807000-00003. PMID: 9700730
Double-opposed Z plasty for upper eyelid entropion correction.
Tamir G, Van der Meulen JC, Robinpour M, Hauben DJ
Ann Plast Surg 1993 Sep;31(3):271-4. doi: 10.1097/00000637-199309000-00013. PMID: 8239420

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