Management of Severe Cicatricial Entropion Using Shared Nasal Turbinate Mucosal Graft.

Kang, Sang Hyug; Kim, Yoon Duck

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2002;43(11):2335-2340.
Published online November 1, 2002.

Management of Severe Cicatricial Entropion Using Shared Nasal Turbinate Mucosal Graft.

Department of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea. ydkim@smc.samsung.co.kr

공유비점막이식편을 이용한 심한 반혼성 안검내반의 교정 1예

강상혁 ( Sang Hyug Kang ) , 김윤덕 ( Yoon Duck Kim )

Abstract

PURPOSE
Nasal turbinate mucosal graft provides an appropriate sturdiness and smooth mucosal surface and has added benefit of mucus production. We report one case of correction of severe upper and lower cicatricial entropion with shared nasal turbinate mucosal graft procedure. METHODS: A 40-year-old male patient who had past medical history of Stevens-Johnson syndrome in his early twenties had severe upper and lower cicatricial entropion and trichiasis irritating the cornea. We corrected the severe upper and lower entropion simultaneously with shared inferior nasal turbinate mucosal graft. RESULTS: A successful correction of severe upper and lower cicatricial entropion and improvement of dry eye symptom by plentiful mucus secretion were achieved and there was no recurrence during the followup of 14 months. CONCLUSIONS: We report a case of good anatomical, functional and cosmetic results achieved by shared nasal turbinate mucosal graft procedure in the correction of severe upper and lower cicatricial entropion which cannot be corrected successfully with other conventional methods.

Key Words: Cicatricial entropion;Nasal turbinate mucosal graft;Shared mucosal graft