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==Chalazion== | ==Chalazion== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Benign eye | *Benign eye thingy that arises from the special sebaceous gland associated with the eyelid (Meibomian gland). | ||
*Usually diagnosed based on clinical appearance - accuracy ~94% in one series.<ref name=pmid14762403>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ozdal | first1 = PC. | last2 = Codère | first2 = F. | last3 = Callejo | first3 = S. | last4 = Caissie | first4 = AL. | last5 = Burnier | first5 = MN. | title = Accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of chalazion. | journal = Eye (Lond) | volume = 18 | issue = 2 | pages = 135-8 | month = Feb | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1038/sj.eye.6700603 | PMID = 14762403 | url = http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v18/n2/full/6700603a.html }}</ref> | *Usually diagnosed based on clinical appearance - accuracy ~94% in one series.<ref name=pmid14762403>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ozdal | first1 = PC. | last2 = Codère | first2 = F. | last3 = Callejo | first3 = S. | last4 = Caissie | first4 = AL. | last5 = Burnier | first5 = MN. | title = Accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of chalazion. | journal = Eye (Lond) | volume = 18 | issue = 2 | pages = 135-8 | month = Feb | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1038/sj.eye.6700603 | PMID = 14762403 | url = http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v18/n2/full/6700603a.html }}</ref> | ||