Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Ectropion
Eyelid turned out
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What it means
An outward turning (eversion) or rotation of the eyelid margin.
Ectropion is frequently associated wit overexposure of the palpebral and scleral conjunctiva and cornea. It usually involves the lower eyelid.
Rare diseases that can present with this26
Common30–79%
9- Bathing suit ichthyosis
- Fetal Gaucher disease
- Generalized eruptive keratoacanthoma
- Ichthyosis-alopecia-eclabion-ectropion-intellectual disability syndrome
- Lamellar ichthyosis
- Lymphedema-distichiasis syndrome
- Neutral lipid storage disease with ichthyosis
- Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, Cross type
- Tangier disease
Sometimes5–29%
12- Blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome plus
- Cenani-Lenz syndrome
- Congenital erythropoietic porphyria
- Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria
- Hereditary acrokeratotic poikiloderma
- Jacobsen syndrome
- Junctional epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia
- Kindler epidermolysis bullosa
and 4 more in this range
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Everted eyelid · Eyelid folded out
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