[The role of senile enophthalmos in involutional entropion].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the role of senile enophthalmos in involutional entropion.


METHODS
Prospective clinical study comparing a population of 30 white patients above 65 years with involutional entropion (Group I) of an age- and race-matched control group (Group II). All age and exophthalmometric values were analyzed by a statistical study.


RESULTS
The average age was 77.7 years in Group I and 75.7 years in Group II. Eyes with involutional entropion are no more likely to have enophthalmos (15.22 mm) than is the involved contralateral eye (15.11 mm) or normal eyes of an age- and race-matched control group (15.13 mm).


CONCLUSIONS
There is no correlation between involutional entropion and senile enophthalmos.
Fonseca Junior
Nilson Lopes da
NL
Setor de Plástica Ocular e órbita, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil. lopesdafonseca@uol.com.br
Lucci
Lúcia Miriam Dumont
LM
Rehder
José Ricardo Carvalho Lima
JR
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015841:Enophthalmos / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004774:Entropion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies