title: [Cutaneous abnormalities of the eyelid and systemic diseases].
abstract: Systemic diseases are unknown diffuse inflammatory disorders. They include systemic and metabolic diseases and connective tissue diseases. Among them, lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, polymyositis and dermatomyositis, Sjögren syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis, sarcoidosis, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada's syndrome, and amyloidosis are the diseases encountered most frequently that can manifest cutaneous abnormalities of the eyelids. The main eyelid disorders involved in these diseases are described in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon. jmruban@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ruban
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baggio
mesh_terms: D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*