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Case Reports
. 2015 Sep 16:15:ic52.
eCollection 2015.

Intraoperative Chemosis During Resection of Lower Eyelid Lesion

Jack Burns  1 , Joshua B Elston  2 , Michael A Harrington  1
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Intraoperative Chemosis During Resection of Lower Eyelid Lesion

Jack Burns et al. Eplasty. .
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Keywords: Tenon's capsule; cantholysis; chemosis; dellen formation; eyelid reconstruction.

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Evolution of intraopertive chemosis. (a) Intraoperative chemosis with obvious conjunctival edema. (b) One week postoperatively with continued evidence of conjunctival irritation. (c) Two weeks postoperatively with resolving conjunctival edema, yet sustained periorbital edema. (d) Six weeks postoperatively with complete resolution of chemosis and edema.
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