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'''Munson's sign''' is a V-shaped indentation observed in the [[lower eyelid]] when the patient's gaze is directed downwards. The [[medical sign]] is characteristic of advanced cases of [[keratoconus]] and is caused by the cone-shaped [[cornea]] pressing down into the eyelid.<ref> |
'''Munson's sign''' is a V-shaped indentation observed in the [[lower eyelid]] when the patient's gaze is directed downwards. The [[medical sign]] is characteristic of advanced cases of [[keratoconus]] and is caused by the cone-shaped [[cornea]] pressing down into the eyelid.<ref> |
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Revision as of 19:22, 8 June 2017
Munson's sign is a V-shaped indentation observed in the lower eyelid when the patient's gaze is directed downwards. The medical sign is characteristic of advanced cases of keratoconus and is caused by the cone-shaped cornea pressing down into the eyelid.[1]
It is named after American ophthalmologist Edwin Sterling Munson (born May 8, 1870 - died Feb. 2, 1958).[2][3]
References
- ^ Agarwal, Amar (2006), Handbook of Ophthalmology, SLACK, p. 234, ISBN 1-55642-685-2
- ^ The National cyclopaedia of American biography: Volume 46
- ^ Bartolucci, S L.; Stedman, T L.; Forbis, P. (2005), Stedman's Medical Eponyms, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p. 505, ISBN 0-7817-5443-7
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