Pathological anatomy of eyelid cartilage in trachoma

In the study of the trachomatous process, the involvement of the cartilage of the eyelids in this process has somehow received little attention. Some researchers have left this side of the case completely in the shade, others have dealt with the changes found here only incidentally, and there is considerable disagreement between the authors' conclusions on this point. I won't review in this brief report the old literature on the problem of cartilage lesions of the eyelids in trachoma, especially since it has been adequately addressed, e.g. in the dissertation of Dr. Chistyakov (On surgical treatment of trachoma, Tomsk, 1909). I only say that the controversies concerning the pathological-anatomical essence of cartilage changes in trachoma seem to have been ironed out even until quite recently.