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Chalazion: Introduction

Chalazion: Slow-growing swelling of the upper or lower eyelid usually caused by a blockage in the oil glands in the eyelid. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Chalazion is available below.

Symptoms of Chalazion

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Chalazion: Complications

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Medical Textbooks Online about Chalazion

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  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
  • "Handbook of Diseases" (2003)

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Definitions of Chalazion:

A non-neoplastic cyst of the MEIBOMIAN GLANDS of the eyelid. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked - (Source - WordNet 2.1)


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