Munson's sign

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Munson's sign is a medical sign of a V-shaped indentation in the lower eyelid when the patient's gaze is directed downwards. It 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 Edward Sterling Munson.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Agarwal, Amar (2006), Handbook of Ophthalmology, SLACK, p. 234, ISBN 1556426852 
  2. ^ Bartolucci, S L.; Stedman, T L. & Forbis, P. (2005), Stedman's Medical Eponyms, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p. 505, ISBN 0781754437 


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