Obesity as a cause of mechanical entropion

Am J Ophthalmol. 1996 Jul;122(1):123-5. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)71978-6.

Abstract

Purpose: Although lower eyelid entropion can result from many conditions, obesity is not a generally recognized factor. We treated a case of recurrent severe entropion that was a result of morbid obesity in a patient with de Morsier's syndrome.

Methods: The patient underwent surgery on both lower eyelids.

Results: The entropion was corrected by advancing the lower eyelid retractors and debulking the subcutaneous tissue in the lower eyelids.

Conclusions: Mechanical entropion can occur as a rare complication of morbid obesity and may respond to surgical procedures that address its cause.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple
  • Child
  • Entropion / etiology*
  • Entropion / surgery
  • Eyelids / pathology
  • Eyelids / surgery
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / complications
  • Hypopituitarism / complications
  • Intellectual Disability / complications
  • Male
  • Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome / complications
  • Obesity, Morbid / complications*
  • Optic Nerve / abnormalities
  • Recurrence
  • Syndrome