Eye
Eyelid
Inflammatry disorders
Stye (hordeolum)
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 February 2014
Last staff update: 26 April 2024
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PubMed Search: Stye eyelid
Cite this page: Pernick N. Stye (hordeolum). PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyestye.html. Accessed December 4th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Also called hordeolum, chalazion (by some)
- Acute suppurative inflammation of sebaceous glands or follicles of eyelid
- Usually due to Staphylococcal infection
- Internal: affects meibomian glands
- External: affects glands of Moll or Zeis and adjacent hair follicles and cilia
Treatment
- Medical
