a small cyst on the eyelid resulting from chronic inflammation of a meibomian gland
Also called: meibomian cyst
Word origin
C18: from Greek: a small chalaza
chalazion in American English
(kəˈleɪziən)
noun
a chronic sty
Examples of 'chalazion' in a sentence
chalazion
The lesion was excised twice as a chalazion and recurred.
Manju Meena, Ruchi Mittal, Debarati Saha 2012, 'Trichilemmal Cyst of the Eyelid: Masquerading as Recurrent Chalazion', Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/261414. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
He was referred to our hospital with a diagnosis of a swollen chalazion.
Nizawa T, Oshitari T, Kimoto R, Kajita F, Yotsukura J, Asanagi K, Baba T, TakahashiY, Oide T, Kiyokawa T, Kishimoto T, Yamamoto S 2011, 'Early-stage mucinous sweat gland adenocarcinoma of eyelid', Clinical Ophthalmologyhttp://www.dovepress.com/early-stage-mucinous-sweat-gland-adenocarcinoma-of-eyelid-a7507. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The lesions looked like a chalazion and a subconjunctival haemorrhage, respectivly.
Filipe Sousa Neves, Joana Braga, João Cardoso da Costa, Joaquim Sequeira, Sandra Prazeres 2018, 'Kaposi's sarcoma of the conjunctiva and the eyelid leads to the diagnosis of humanimmunodeficiency virus infection – a case report', BMC Cancerhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4611-3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Trichilemmal cyst, although rare, should be considered as differential diagnosis of recurrent chalazion.
Manju Meena, Ruchi Mittal, Debarati Saha 2012, 'Trichilemmal Cyst of the Eyelid: Masquerading as Recurrent Chalazion', Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/261414. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Three days after he was discharged, he presented with preseptal cellulitis complicating left upper eyelid chalazion.
Trivedi D, Newton J, Mitra A, Puri P 2010, 'A serious drug interaction leading to spontaneous total hyphema', Journal of Postgraduate Medicinehttp://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2010;volume=56;issue=1;spage=46;epage=47;aulast=Trivedi. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two different treatment methods using chalazion forceps were performed according to the degree of lacrimal canaliculitis.
Xiuming Jin, Fangli Fan, Fan Zhang, Yingying Zhao, Renjian Hu 2016, 'A treatment method for chronic suppurative lacrimal canaliculitis using chalazionforceps', Indian Journal of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2016;volume=64;issue=8;spage=589;epage=592;aulast=Jin. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We report the case of a 27-year-old female with right lower eyelid mass simulating chalazion of 3 weeks duration.
Yasser H Al-Faky, Salem Al Malki, Emad Raddaoui 2011, 'Hemangioendothelioma of the eyelid can mimic chalazion', Oman Journal of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.ojoonline.org/article.asp?issn=0974-620X;year=2011;volume=4;issue=3;spage=142;epage=143;aulast=Al-Faky. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Due to recurrence after the surgery for presumed chalazion, the patient was referred to our clinic for tumor evaluation.
Melis Palamar Onay, Ayşe Yağcı, Taner Akalın 2013, 'Giant Tarsal Keratinous Cyst Mimicking Chalazion', Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisihttp://www.oftalmoloji.org/article_2254/Giant-Tarsal-Keratinous-Cyst-Mimicking-Chalazion. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There are reports of schwannomas being erroneously diagnosed as chalazion, inclusion cysts or even eyelid malignancy.
Renu M Magdum, Radhika Paranjpe, Megha Kotecha, Pallavi Patil 2014, 'Solitary eyelid schwannoma', Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Universityhttp://www.mjdrdypu.org/article.asp?issn=0975-2870;year=2014;volume=7;issue=4;spage=502;epage=504;aulast=Magdum. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Conditions such as blepharitis, chalazion, stye, and entropion have a higher load of microorganisms and can be responsible for infection.
Ramesh Murthy 2017, 'Lid conditions affecting cataract surgery', Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Researchhttp://www.jcor.in/article.asp?issn=2320-3897;year=2017;volume=5;issue=1;spage=65;epage=66;aulast=Murthy. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)