title: [Eyelash alterations in anophthalmic patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the eyelash alterations in anophthalmic cavity patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  An observational study was done looking for eyelash alterations in anophthalmic cavity patients at "Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu".
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eyelash alterations were observed in 70.7% of the anophthalmic patients. The most frequently observed eyelash alterations were eyelash ptosis (24.4%), reduction in the quantity (19.5%), trichomegaly (19.5%), trichiasis (14.6%) and entropium (17.0%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The anophthalmic cavity patients have eyelash alteration and ptosis, reduction in quantity, trichomegaly, trichiasis are the most common observed situations. Further studies are needed to know more about it.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmologia, Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Narikawa
authors.forename: Silvana Artioli
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Schellini
authors.forename: Carlos Roberto Pereira
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Padovani
authors.forename: Carlos Roberto
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Padovani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000853:Anophthalmos / Q000150:complications*; D005140:Eyelashes / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies