INTRODUCTION Lamellar Ichthyosis is an autosomal recessive, inherited skin disorder characterized by thickening, fissuring and scaling of the skin. OBJECTIVE To report a case of lamellar icthyosis and highlight the importance of monitoring corneal health in these patients. CASE We report a rare case of bilateral spontaneous corneal perforation in a patient with lamellar ichthyosis .The pati...

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) or Brittle bone disease is the most common genetic cause of osteoporosis. The OI is caused by structural or quantitative defect in type I collagen. OI has the triad of fragile bone, blue sclerae and early deafness. O1 type V is characterized by recurrent multiple fractures in a child following ambulation with hyperplastic callus formation at the sites of fracture. T...

Ectropion is a turning outward of the free border of the eyelid, resulting in exposure of the conjunctiva [1]. It is classified in the following categories: congenital and acquired, which may be involutional, paralytic, cicatricial and mechanical [2,3]. Tarsal ectropion is a clinical condition characterized by lower lid eversion which is limited to the tarsal-containing portion alone [4,5]. It ...

Anthrax is a worldwide zoonosis of herbivores, which is caused by the spore-forming bacteria Bacillus anthracis, and humans become infected when they are exposed to infected animals and their tissues or the organism directly. In this report, we present a 13-year-old boy who developed eyelid anthrax after contact with a sheep carcass during his summer holiday that resulted in eyelid anthrax and ...

A 19 year old female with pyoderma gangrenosum was referred to the oculoplastic clinic for evaluation of severe cicatricial ectropion of the right lower eyelid. Examination evidenced important scarring of lower eyelid and malar region with secondary ectropion. A full-thickness skin graft associated with a lateral tarsal strip procedure and scar tissue release was performed. The patient's cortic...