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Case Reports
. 2017 Feb 3:7:Doc03.
doi: 10.3205/oc000054. eCollection 2017.

Congenital upper eyelids ectropion in Down's syndrome

Rafael Corredor-Osorio  1 , José Luis Tovilla-Pomar  1 , José Luis Tovilla-Canales  1
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Case Reports

Congenital upper eyelids ectropion in Down's syndrome

Rafael Corredor-Osorio et al. GMS Ophthalmol Cases. .

Abstract

Congenital bilateral ectropion of the upper eyelids is a rare, benign condition reported in ophthalmic literature. It is more frequently associated with Down's syndrome, ichthyosis, and sporadic cases in newborns from black population. We report three cases of congenital bilateral upper eyelid ectropion associated with Down's syndrome. Management of these patients usually requires medial and lateral canthoplasties, full-thickness pentagonal resection of the upper eyelids and placement of skin grafts. We present herein the evolution of one of these patients and we will discuss the mechanism of the eyelid ectropion and its treatment.

Keywords: Down’s syndrome; congenital ectropion; eyelid; skin grafts.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Age: 8 months. Preoperative picture showing marked bilateral, congenital ectropion of the upper eyelids
Figure 2
Figure 2. Intraoperative picture showed full-thickness skin graft upper eyelids.
Figure 3
Figure 3. The postoperative result with satisfactorily reformed upper eyelids margins
Figure 4
Figure 4. 10-month-old child with congenital ectropion of the upper eyelids associated with Down’s syndrome
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Figure 5. 11-month-old child with bilateral total congenital ectropion of the upper eyelids in Down’s syndrome
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