abnormal eyelids

Question 1

ptosis

Answer 1

drooping of the upper lid.

Question 2

entropion

Answer 2

inward turning of the lid margin. lower lashes, which are often invisible when turned inward, irritate the conjunctiva and cornea

Question 3

ectropion

Answer 3

margin of lower lid is turned outward, exposing the palpebral conjunctiva. when the punctum of the lower lid turns outward, the eye no longer drains correctly, and tearing occurs.

Question 4

lid retraction and exophthalmos

Answer 4

wide eyed stare suggests retracted eyelids. retracted lids and a lid lag =hyperthyroidism

exophthalmos: eyeball protudes foreward. bilateral=graves hyperthyroid.

Question 5

xanthelasma

Answer 5

slightly raised, yellowish, well-circumscribes plaques that appear along the nsal portions of one or both eyelids. lipid disorders