Synonym(s)
Eyelash curling; Eyelash rubbing; trichiasis oculi
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Inversion of the eyelashes, e.g. by entropion with rubbing of the eyelashes on the cornea and the danger of the formation of a corneal ulcer.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
The danger of triachiasis is mainly observed in itching chronic eyelid eczema (especially in atopic eyelid eczema). This danger also exists with scarring pemphigoid (see below pemphigoid, scarring).
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
Operational. Eradication of the eyelashes including the hair roots.
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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer
