title: Treatment of chalazia with intralesional triamcinolone injection.
abstract: Chalazia are commonly encountered lesions of the eyelids. They often resolve spontaneously or respond to a conservative therapeutic regimen. Chalazia not responding to this type of treatment are often referred for surgical extirpation. This article presents an alternative to surgery, namely intralesional injection of a synthetic glucocorticoid. Reports show a high success rate with few complications using this procedure. A patient with chronic bilateral chalazia was given intralesional injections after conservative therapy was unsuccessful. Two corticosteroid injections produced complete resolution of the lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Huntington, WV.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Terry
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006726:Hordeolum / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014221:Triamcinolone