Epiblepharon in Labrador.
We describe the characteristic configuration of normal Inuit (Eskimo) eyelids. Exaggeration of some normal features of the lower lid can result in epiblepharon inferior. We have seen in Labrador seven patients with epiblepharon of a degree sufficient to require surgical intervention. All were Inuit or had distant Eskimo ancestry. We outline their clinical features and the technique of operation which has been evolved. The results were good. We stress the importance of making the distinction between entropion and epiblepharn because the operative treatments of the two conditions are different. The recommended surgical methods include, for some cases, excision of bulky orbicularis muscle as well as skin.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005143:Eyelids / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D004930:Inuit; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009523:Newfoundland and Labrador; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000473:pathology