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etiological Pattern o FBlePHaroPtosis among Patients Presenting in teacHing HosPital
The purpose of this study was to find out the etiological pattern of blepharoptosis among patients presenting in BPKLCOS, T.U. Teaching Hospital. This was a hospital based descriptive and cross-sectional study conducted from February 2003 to July 2004.
Raba Thapa, P C Karmacharya, B P Nepal
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Twenty-five examples of ptosis occuring with an acute stroke are analysed. Thirteen of these patients had hemispheral infarctions in which ptosis could not be explained by third nerve or sympathetic dysfunction. The ptosis in these `cerebral' cases was bilateral, with other factors such as pyramidal tract damage determining the asymmetry of the ptosis.
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Myasthenia Gravis Mimicking Third Cranial Nerve Palsy: a Case Report
Background: The most common pituitary adenoma presentation is a visual field defect and inappropriate pituitary hormone secretion. The compression of the optic chiasma causes visual impairment.
Sardar Ali Khan +4 more
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Purpose: This study reports two cases of malaria-induced ptosis with surgical resolution. Observations: Case 1 is a 27-year-old female with a past medical history of bilateral ptosis following childhood malaria.
AlexanderJ. Grosinger +1 more
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Refractive Errors in Congenital Ptosis-A Clinical Study
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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AbstractInvolutional ptosis was corrected by either an anterior or posterior approach in 105 eyelids The posterior approach was preferred unless there was a specific indication for the anterior approach which included excess skin and bulky eyelids At operation approximately 10% of cases were found to have fatty degenerative changes in the anterior part
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PurposeTo determine the risk of ptosis among diabetic retinopathy (DR) patients.MethodsThis is a population-based, retrospective, matched-cohort study where DR patients were recruited from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) to
Chun-Ju Lin +19 more
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Refractive Error, Srabismus and Amblyopia in Congenital Ptosis
INTRODUCTION: Congenital ptosis is often associated with visual impairment. The aim of the study is to find out the pattern of refractive error,strabismus and amblyopia in patients with congenital ptosis in a hospital setting.
R Thapa
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