Eyes and Eyelids

Anatomy of the eyelids
  • High laxity
  • Absence of hypodermis
  • Existence of accessory structures
    • Sebaceous glands → Zeiss glands attached to the eyelashes
    • Meibomian glands opening onto the free edge
    • Moll swat glands
 
General pathology
  • Ectropion
    • In the context of post surgery
    • Due to ichthyosis, such as icthyosiform erythroderma, harlequin fetus or KID syndrome
  • Melanic hyperpigmentation
    • Investigate hyperthyroidism (Jellinek sign)
    • Ota nevus
    • Ochronosis
    • Pigmentary lichen planus
    • Argyria
    • Topical antiglaucoma agents
  • Depigmentation
    • Vitiligo
    • Vogt Koyonagi Harada syndrome
    • Sympathetic ophtalmia
    • Phenilketonuria
    • Aplication of topical treatments (dermocorticoids)
 
Tumors
  • Glândula lacrimal → adenoma pleomórfico, oncocitoma, adenocarcinoma, linfomas
  • Dermoid cyst at the tail of the eyebrow
  • Melanoma
  • Basal cell carcinomas
  • Neuroendocrine carcinomas
  • Cutaneous lymphoma
 
Inflammatory
  • Stye | Hordéolo | “Terçolho”
    • Infeção de um folículo piloso de uma pestana (ciliary boil)
    • Pode necessitar de incisão e drenagem (com alívio imediato)
  • Chalazion
    • Inflamação de uma glândula de meibomius
    • Fatores de risco: dermatite seborreica, rosácea
  • Blefarie
    • Inflamação da margem palpebral
    • Causas: dermatite atópica, dermatite seborreica, demodectic blepharitis, chronic discoid lupus erythematosus (lupus blepharitis)
  • Madarosis
  • Trichomegaly
  • Eyelash pediculosis
 
Eczema periorbitário | das pálpebras
 
Overload disease
  • Amyloidosis AL type → raccoon eyes
 
Eyelid edema
  • Due to laxity of tissues
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Doenças bolhosas da junção dermo-epidérmica
  • Epidermólise bolhosa hereditária
  • Doenças bolhosas autoimunes
  • Eritema multiforme, SJS-Lyell
 
Conjuntivitis
 
Cataracts
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  • Catarcts associated with atopic dermatitis are posterior subcapsular
    • Also keratoconus and retinal tears in atopy
  • Use of steroids
 
Sclera
  • Ota nevus → pigmentary alterations
  • Ochronosis
 
Iris
  • Iris heterochromia
    • One of the signs of Waardenburg syndrome
    • Lisch nodules - type 1 neurofibromatosis
    • Uveitis
      • Behçet, sarcoidosis, vogt Koyonagi Harada (doença auto-imune contra melanócitos)