L’ectropion correspond à un retournement du bord libre de la paupière vers l’extérieur (« éversion » de la paupière), entraînant une perte de contact entre œil et la paupière.
The causes can be diverse:
- Ectropion involutif: occurring due to tissue changes (progressive laxity) related to aging.
- Ectropion paralytique: secondary to facial paralysis, related to certain myopathies, etc.
- Cicatricial entropion: following burns or certain diseases (such as trachoma, etc.).
- The treatment for ectropion is surgical and involves the correct repositioning of the eyelid tissues.