Ophthalmology
Keith Hopcroft in Instant Wisdom for GPs, 2017
Chalazia and styes are different things. Chalazia occur because of a blocked meibomian gland. They are not usually painful unless infected. Styes, on the other hand, are infected hair follicles on the lid margin. They present with a painful yellow lesion around the lid margin. Styes are usually self-limiting, resolving within 1 or 2 weeks – this can be accelerated by warm compresses. Occasionally they may require antibiotics. An infected chalazion can resemble a stye, so consider this possibility in ‘recurrent styes’.
Boils/Styes
Charles Theisler in Adjuvant Medical Care, 2023
Small and painful pus-filled bumps (about the size of a pea) under the skin are known as boils. They are typically red, swollen, and tender and often increase in size over time. Most boils are caused by a staphylococcus infection in a hair follicle or a sweat gland. A boil that occurs on the eyelid is called a stye. Most boils and styes heal on their own within one to three weeks.
Thermography by Specialty
James Stewart Campbell, M. Nathaniel Mead in Human Medical Thermography, 2023
The eyelids, being thin and sensitive, may become quite warm during infection or when traumatized. Thermography is good at detecting these conditions, sometimes appearing quite abnormal when the visible appearance of the lids is almost normal. A stye (infection of a meibomian gland in the lids) shows up well in facial thermograms (Figure 11.21b).
More than just a stye: identifying seasonal patterns using google trends, and a review of infodemiological literature in ophthalmology
Published in Orbit, 2023
Tejus Pradeep, Advaitaa Ravipati, Samyuktha Melachuri, Roxana Fu
A stye (hordeolum) is an infection localized to the eyelid that can present as a tender, erythematous, swollen lesion. It is usually caused by an inflammatory response induced by an acute infectious source, with most cases caused by Staphylococcus aureus.1 Styes are known to be associated with skin conditions like rosacea, blepharitis, seborrheic dermatitis, and systemic conditions such as diabetes and hyperlipidemia.2,3 While styes are a common diagnosis for patients with a painful eye,4 its incidence and prevalence are unknown. This highlights an important reality: the incidence or prevalence of common conditions is relatively unknown, especially those with straightforward treatments. When looking at the case of styes, it is unlikely that valuable time and resources would be devoted to conducting an epidemiological study of its prevalence, when its treatment is simple.
Eyelid margin Kaposi sarcoma leading to AIDS diagnosis
Published in Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2021
Olivia A. Moharer, Ivan M. Vrcek
Lesions affecting the eyelid present in a variety of ways. Eyelid lesions may be classified as neoplastic (benign or malignant), inflammatory, congenital, infectious, or traumatic.1 Neoplastic lesions are usually benign.2 The most common benign etiologies of eyelid lesions include hordeolum (stye), chalazion, and xanthelasma. Less common malignant lesions include basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, sebaceous carcinoma, and melanoma.3 Typically, eyelid lesions that do not necessitate immediate biopsy may be diagnosed and monitored based on clinical appearance and characteristic features; however, a biopsy with histopathological analysis may be indicated if the lesion begins changing size and/or character or presents with concerning findings from the outset.4 We present a case of a 51-year-old man who was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS after shave biopsy of a presumed chalazion on the eyelid margin revealed Kaposi sarcoma (KS).
Distinguishing Benign from Malignant Circumscribed Orbital Tumors in Children
Published in Seminars in Ophthalmology, 2018
Yufei Tu, Frederick A. Jakobiec, Katherine Leung, Suzanne K. Freitag
A 7-year-old boy (Figure 1B) presented with a large, nontender, mobile mass in the left medial upper eyelid which developed over three weeks. He was initially treated for a stye without improvement. His family and medical history were not contributory. He was otherwise asymptomatic, with no diplopia or systemic complaints. The relevant findings of the clinical examination were left periorbital faint erythema, absence of proptosis measured by Hertel exophthalmometry, full extraocular muscle movements, normal visual fields, unremarkable pupillary responses, and normal visual acuity and color plate perception in both eyes. The slit-lamp and fundus examinations were unremarkable. MRI of the orbit revealed a 1.9 cm localized superonasal mass. The mass was not clearly separable from the superior rectus or the superior oblique muscles, as well as the nasolacrimal sac. A biopsy was performed due to fear of a malignancy. The biopsy results revealed a spindle-cell embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma.
Related Knowledge Centers
- Antibiotic
- Chalazion
- Eyelid
- Meibomian Gland
- Pus
- Warm Compress
- Staphylococcus Aureus
- Sebaceous Gland
- Pathogenic Bacteria
- Gland of Zeis