J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2014 Jul;55(7):953-957.

Causes and Treatments of Entropion and Ectropion in Adults

• Kang S
• Park TS
• Lee JH
• Jang JW
• Kim SJ
• Choi HS

Abstract

PURPOSE
To evaluate the causes and treatments of entropion and ectropion in adults.
METHODS
A retrospective review was performed of 397 patients (490 eyes) with entropion and 109 patients (138 eyes) with ectropion who underwent corrective surgery at Kim's Eye Hospital from January 2009 to December 2012.
RESULTS
The surgical correction of entropion was 3.5 times greater than that of ectropion. The causes of entropion were classified as senile (98.4%), cicatricial (1.4%) and spastic (0.2%). The causes of ectropion were classified as cicatricial (60.1%), paralytic (23.2%) and senile (16.7%).
CONCLUSIONS
The main causes of entropion and ectropion were senile and cicatricial, respectively. Specifically, senile entropion was more common than senile ectropion, which is considered to be related to the lid anatomy of Asian patients.

Keyword

Ectropion; Entropion

MeSH Terms

Adult*
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Ectropion*
Entropion*
Humans
Muscle Spasticity
Retrospective Studies

Figure

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  Figure 1. Etiology of entropion.

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  Figure 2. Etiology of ectropion.

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