HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROATEMERGENCIESSYMPTOMS/EXAM
■ Nontender mass on eyelid
■ Tender and red if secondarily infected causing a cellulitis; plugging of
Meibomian gland openings (seen with slitlamp)
FIGURE 14.27. External hordeolum (stye).
(Reproduced, with permission, from McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA. Current Medical Diagnosis &
Treatment, 47th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill. http://www.accessmedicine.com.))
FIGURE 14.28. Internal hordeolum (chalazion).
(Reproduced, with permission, from Knoop KJ, Stack LB, Storrow AB. Atlas of Emergency
Medicine, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002:39.)