title: [Inner canthus--anatomical junction. A surgical entity].
abstract: The medial canthus is a surgical entity. The anatomical features are defined from a dissection of eight orbital regions. The pathways of carcinological invasion and the anatomical barriers are considered. The conclusions are discussed in the light of the data reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Plastique et Maxillo-Faciale, CHR Trousseau, Tours.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Touze
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vaillant
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calais
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mateu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ballon
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Greco
mesh_terms: D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D008022:Ligaments / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology*; D009915:Orbit / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Le canthus interne--carrefour anatomique. Entité chirurgicale.