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Early onset bilateral juvenile myasthenia gravis masquerading as simple congenital ptosis
GMS Ophthalmology Cases, 2017 Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder affecting the neuromuscular junction. Ocular myasthenia gravis presents as ptosis with extraocular motility restriction and is prone to be misdiagnosed as third nerve palsy or congenital or aponeurotic ptosis ...
Alam, Md. Shahid, Devi Nivean, Pratheeba
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Refractive Errors in Congenital Ptosis-A Clinical Study
MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences, 2016 Background: Ptosis is a common public health problem worldwide. It is the lowering of eye lid or prolapse of an organ. In all major ocular surgeries the involvement of eye lid is seen. Etiology of ptosis is multifactorial. Objective: The main objectives
P V Nanda Kumar Reddy, D Kamala
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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018 Purpose: To study the features of upper eyelid in healthy individual and different types of congenital ptosis in the Indian population using ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM).
Abhidnya Surve +3 more
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Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 Background. To evaluate the differences in the corneal higher-order aberrations (HOAs) and optical quality of the ptosis eyes compared with the normal fellow eyes in the unilateral congenital ptosis patients. Methods.
Jianqin Shen +4 more
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Philippine Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023 Objective: This study evaluated the functional and cosmetic outcomes after bilateral frontalis sling repair using either expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) or silicone rod for unilateral or bilateral severe congenital ptosis with poor levator ...
Reynaldo M. Javate, MD, FICS
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Bilateral Fist Lid-Lift: A Novel Compensatory Behavior in an Infant with Blepharophimosis Syndrome [PDF]
ChildrenBackground/Objectives: To describe a previously unreported compensatory behavior used by an infant with severe bilateral congenital ptosis associated with blepharophimosis syndrome (BPES). Methods: Observational case report of a 4.5-month-old infant with
Biljana Kuzmanović Elabjer +5 more
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The role of Whitnall's ligament position in the success of levator resection surgery in congenital ptosis. [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmol, 2023 Purpose This study aimed to investigate the role of Whitnall’s ligament position in the success of levator resection surgery in congenital ptosis. Methods It was an interventional case series on patients with congenital ptosis who underwent levator ...
Jamshidian Tehrani M +4 more
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Clinical Ophthalmology, 2016 Mahmoud Ahmed Elsamkary,1 Maged Maher Salib Roshdy1,2 1Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; 2Pediatric Ophthalmology Department, Al Watany Eye Hospital, Cairo, Egypt Purpose: To study the effect of ...
Elsamkary MA, Roshdy MM
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Severe unilateral congenital ptosis with poor levator function: tarsoconjunctival mullerectomy plus levator resection vs frontalis sling procedure. [PDF]
Int J Ophthalmol, 2022 AIM: To compare frontalis sling and tarsoconjunctival mullerectomy plus levator resection (TCMLR) in subjects with severe unilateral congenital ptosis with poor levator function (LF).
Kasaee A +3 more
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CONGENITAL APONEUROTIC PTOSIS [PDF]
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, 1988 AbstractCongenital aponeurotic ptosis is the result of a failure of the distal end of the aponeurosis to attach in the usual position. There is a ptosis of varying degree disproportionate to the amount of levator function. Unlike dystrophic congenital ptosis, the amount of levator function is good, usually exceeding 9 to 10 mm.
P A, Martin, P A, Rogers
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