We report a case of a female patient aged 22 years affected with vulgaris ichthyosis and ectropion of the four eyelids with incomplete lid closure in both eyes and punctuate corneal staining indicating exposure in left eye. The surgical methods, consisting in skin or mucosa graft in order to reduce skin retraction, allowed the healing of the exposure keratopathy.
Surgical therapy of the ectropion secondary to ichthyosis vulgaris / Vozza, A.; Cotticelli, L.; Di Girolamo, F.; Vozza, A.; Vozza, G.. - In: JOURNAL OF PLASTIC DERMATOLOGY. - ISSN 2035-0686. - 4:2(2008), pp. 161-163.
Surgical therapy of the ectropion secondary to ichthyosis vulgaris
Vozza A.;
2008
Abstract
We report a case of a female patient aged 22 years affected with vulgaris ichthyosis and ectropion of the four eyelids with incomplete lid closure in both eyes and punctuate corneal staining indicating exposure in left eye. The surgical methods, consisting in skin or mucosa graft in order to reduce skin retraction, allowed the healing of the exposure keratopathy.File in questo prodotto:
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