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==Overview==
==Overview==
Blepharitis is diagnosed based on clinical features alone.
Blepharitis is diagnosed based on clinical features alone.
Cultures of the eyelid margins and eyelid biopsy may be indicated for patients who have recurrent anterior blepharitis with severe inflammation, as well as for patients who are not responding to therapy.<ref name="pmid18347619">{{cite journal| author=Jackson WB| title=Blepharitis: current strategies for diagnosis and management. | journal=Can J Ophthalmol | year= 2008 | volume= 43 | issue= 2 | pages= 170-9 | pmid=18347619 | doi=10.1139/i08-016 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18347619  }} </ref><ref name="pmid11009317">{{cite journal| author=McCulley JP, Shine WE| title=Changing concepts in the diagnosis and management of blepharitis. | journal=Cornea | year= 2000 | volume= 19 | issue= 5 | pages= 650-8 | pmid=11009317 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11009317  }} </ref>
Cultures of the eyelid margins may be indicated for patients who have recurrent anterior blepharitis with severe inflammation, as well as for patients who are not responding to therapy.<ref name="pmid18347619">{{cite journal| author=Jackson WB| title=Blepharitis: current strategies for diagnosis and management. | journal=Can J Ophthalmol | year= 2008 | volume= 43 | issue= 2 | pages= 170-9 | pmid=18347619 | doi=10.1139/i08-016 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18347619  }} </ref><ref name="pmid11009317">{{cite journal| author=McCulley JP, Shine WE| title=Changing concepts in the diagnosis and management of blepharitis. | journal=Cornea | year= 2000 | volume= 19 | issue= 5 | pages= 650-8 | pmid=11009317 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11009317  }} </ref>


==Laboratory Findings==
==Laboratory Findings==
Blepharitis is diagnosed based on clinical features alone.  
Blepharitis is diagnosed based on clinical features alone.  
Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of blepharitis include:<ref name="pmid18347619">{{cite journal| author=Jackson WB| title=Blepharitis: current strategies for diagnosis and management. | journal=Can J Ophthalmol | year= 2008 | volume= 43 | issue= 2 | pages= 170-9 | pmid=18347619 | doi=10.1139/i08-016 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18347619  }} </ref><ref name="pmid11009317">{{cite journal| author=McCulley JP, Shine WE| title=Changing concepts in the diagnosis and management of blepharitis. | journal=Cornea | year= 2000 | volume= 19 | issue= 5 | pages= 650-8 | pmid=11009317 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11009317  }} </ref><ref name=Blepharitis-1> Blepharitis. American Academy of Ophthalmology/eyewiki. (2014) http://eyewiki.org/Blepharitis Accessed on July 14, 2016 </ref><ref name="pmid25371637">{{cite journal| author=Bhandari V, Reddy JK| title=Blepharitis: always remember demodex. | journal=Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol | year= 2014 | volume= 21 | issue= 4 | pages= 317-20 | pmid=25371637 | doi=10.4103/0974-9233.142268 | pmc=4219223 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25371637  }} </ref><ref name="pmid21450918">{{cite journal| author=Tomlinson A, Bron AJ, Korb DR, Amano S, Paugh JR, Pearce EI et al.| title=The international workshop on meibomian gland dysfunction: report of the diagnosis subcommittee. | journal=Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci | year= 2011 | volume= 52 | issue= 4 | pages= 2006-49 | pmid=21450918 | doi=10.1167/iovs.10-6997f | pmc=3072162 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21450918  }} </ref>
Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of blepharitis include:<ref name="pmid18347619">{{cite journal| author=Jackson WB| title=Blepharitis: current strategies for diagnosis and management. | journal=Can J Ophthalmol | year= 2008 | volume= 43 | issue= 2 | pages= 170-9 | pmid=18347619 | doi=10.1139/i08-016 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18347619  }} </ref><ref name="pmid11009317">{{cite journal| author=McCulley JP, Shine WE| title=Changing concepts in the diagnosis and management of blepharitis. | journal=Cornea | year= 2000 | volume= 19 | issue= 5 | pages= 650-8 | pmid=11009317 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11009317  }} </ref><ref name=Blepharitis-1> Blepharitis. American Academy of Ophthalmology/eyewiki. (2014) http://eyewiki.org/Blepharitis Accessed on July 14, 2016 </ref><ref name="pmid25371637">{{cite journal| author=Bhandari V, Reddy JK| title=Blepharitis: always remember demodex. | journal=Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol | year= 2014 | volume= 21 | issue= 4 | pages= 317-20 | pmid=25371637 | doi=10.4103/0974-9233.142268 | pmc=4219223 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25371637  }} </ref><ref name="pmid21450918">{{cite journal| author=Tomlinson A, Bron AJ, Korb DR, Amano S, Paugh JR, Pearce EI et al.| title=The international workshop on meibomian gland dysfunction: report of the diagnosis subcommittee. | journal=Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci | year= 2011 | volume= 52 | issue= 4 | pages= 2006-49 | pmid=21450918 | doi=10.1167/iovs.10-6997f | pmc=3072162 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21450918  }} </ref>
*Cultures of the eyelid margins
*Cultures of the eyelid margins  
**Recurrent anterior blepharitis with severe [[inflammation]]
**Recurrent anterior blepharitis with severe [[inflammation]]
**Blepharitis not responding to therapy
**Blepharitis not responding to therapy

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [2]

Overview

Blepharitis is diagnosed based on clinical features alone. Cultures of the eyelid margins may be indicated for patients who have recurrent anterior blepharitis with severe inflammation, as well as for patients who are not responding to therapy.[1][2]

Laboratory Findings

Blepharitis is diagnosed based on clinical features alone. Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of blepharitis include:[1][2][3][4][5]

  • Cultures of the eyelid margins
    • Recurrent anterior blepharitis with severe inflammation
    • Blepharitis not responding to therapy
  • Biopsy of the eyelid
    • Blepharitis with marked asymmetry (possibility of carcinoma)
    • Blepharitis not responding to therapy
    • Unifocal recurrent blepharitis with chalazia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jackson WB (2008). "Blepharitis: current strategies for diagnosis and management". Can J Ophthalmol. 43 (2): 170–9. doi:10.1139/i08-016. PMID 18347619.
  2. 2.0 2.1 McCulley JP, Shine WE (2000). "Changing concepts in the diagnosis and management of blepharitis". Cornea. 19 (5): 650–8. PMID 11009317.
  3. Blepharitis. American Academy of Ophthalmology/eyewiki. (2014) http://eyewiki.org/Blepharitis Accessed on July 14, 2016
  4. Bhandari V, Reddy JK (2014). "Blepharitis: always remember demodex". Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol. 21 (4): 317–20. doi:10.4103/0974-9233.142268. PMC 4219223. PMID 25371637.
  5. Tomlinson A, Bron AJ, Korb DR, Amano S, Paugh JR, Pearce EI; et al. (2011). "The international workshop on meibomian gland dysfunction: report of the diagnosis subcommittee". Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 52 (4): 2006–49. doi:10.1167/iovs.10-6997f. PMC 3072162. PMID 21450918.

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