Symptoms of meibomian gland cyst

summary

Granuloma is a chronic inflammatory granuloma of the meibomian gland, which is formed on the basis of obstruction and secretion of the tarsal glands. It is also called * tarsal gland cyst. Granuloma is a common disease. Children and adults can give up. The progress of this disease is slow and can happen repeatedly. The hard mass can be touched on the eyelid, but there is no pain. The surface of the skin is protuberant. If the disease occurs in the elderly and has the tendency of recurrence, it needs to be differentiated from meibomian adenocarcinoma.

Symptoms of meibomian gland cyst

* meibomian gland cyst is due to obstruction of the tarsal glands and obstruction of secretion, resulting in chronic inflammatory granuloma of meibomian glands. The course of the disease is generally relatively slow, generally no obvious symptoms, no pain, sometimes only heavy feeling, can have mass compression, cause temporary astigmatism or mass compression eyeball and cause foreign body feeling.

Under the eyelid, one or several round masses of different sizes can be touched, ranging from the size of rice grain to the size of mung bean, daze real estate's soybean and cherry. The surface is smooth, not sticky to the skin, and the edge is clear without tenderness. If there is a secondary infection, it can be developed into wheat swelling.

Small masses can be completely absorbed by themselves, or they can break through the conjunctival surface to discharge the gel like content, forming mushroom like granulation proliferation. This granulation tissue can also form papillary proliferation on the surface of the palpebral margin through the discharge duct of the meibomian gland. The diagnosis can be made by eye examination.

matters needing attention

Early smaller, chalazion, can be through hot compress or physical therapy massage therapy, promote dissipation and absorption, small cysts do not need treatment, in the cyst around or within the injection of prednisolone 0.3-0.5 ml, can promote its absorption, large chalazion can be removed by surgery, surgery must remove the cyst wall to prevent recurrence.