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Chalazión - Información general

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Lipogranuloma de glándula de Meibomio

Definición:

Es una protuberancia pequeña en el párpado causada por el bloqueo de una pequeña glándula sebácea.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

Un chalazión se desarrolla dentro de las glándulas que producen el líquido que lubrica el ojo, llamadas glándulas de Meibomio. El párpado tiene aproximadamente 100 de estas glándulas, localizadas cerca a las pestañas.

Un chalazión es causado por la obstrucción del conducto que drena una de estas glándulas y comienza como una inflamación y sensibilidad que posteriormente forma un tumor seudoquístico. Muchos chalaziones desaparecen sin tratamiento al cabo de unos cuantos meses.

  • Fecha de revisión: 10/20/2006
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Manju Subramanian, MD, Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Disease and Surgery, Boston University Eye Associates, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Yanoff M, Duker JS, Augsburger JJ, et al. eds. Ophthalmology. 2nd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2004:708.

Goldman L, Ausiello D. Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 22nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2004:2410.

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