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Treatment of Eyelid Ptosis due to Kearns-Sayre Syndrome Using Frontalis Suspension
Blepharoptosis is a common indication for surgery in plastic surgery units, yet its possible underlying pathology frequently remains unidentified. A 52-year-old man with a 20-year history of progressive bilateral ptosis (right>left) presented with ...
Laurenz Weitgasser +4 more
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Progressive external ophthalmoplegia – A case report
Progressive external ophthalmoplegia is a slowly progressive hereditary mitochondrial myopathy. Most mitochondrial disorders overlap clinically, enzymatically, and genetically.
Ashmeet Kaur +3 more
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Summary Pneumolabyrinth, which is the presence of gas within the labyrinth of the inner ear, can be associated with severe peripheral vestibular signs. This report describes a case of pneumolabyrinth in a horse that presented with vestibular ataxia. An 8‐year‐old Quarter Horse mare that presented with cranial nerve VII deficits underwent a standing ...
C. A. Jamieson +5 more
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Elevated Nocturnal CO2 and Autonomic Dysfunction in Children With Down Syndrome
ABSTRACT Background Sleep‐disordered breathing (SDB) frequently complicates Down syndrome (DS). Beyond upper airway obstruction, emerging evidence suggests an autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction affecting CO2 regulation. The aim of this study was to investigate nocturnal gas exchanges in children with DS and compare them to what has been ...
Jessica Taytard +12 more
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Objective: To compare the incidence of upper eyelid blepharoptosis after combined phacotrabeculectomy with mitomycin C and phacoemulsification surgeries and the relationship of bleb morphology to the incidence of ptosis. Design: Retrospective observation
Victor Koh +3 more
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Patients with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy exhibit disease‐specific salivary hyperviscosity that tracks with dysphagia severity and airway invasion. Non‐invasive chairside screening of salivary viscosity may enable clinicians to stratify aspiration risk during routine care to prevent severe pulmonary complications.
Alex Zvulunov +9 more
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Simultaneous Versus Sequential Ptosis and Strabismus Surgery in Children.
PURPOSE: The authors sought to compare the clinical outcomes of simultaneous versus sequential ptosis and strabismus surgery in children. METHODS: Retrospective, single-center cohort study of children requiring both ptosis and strabismus surgery on the ...
Mills, Monte D +5 more
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Carotid artery dissection linked to intermittent apnoeic swimming: A case–control study
Abstract Internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection is a rare and potentially devastating cause of cerebral ischaemia, initiated by an intimal tear or rupture of the vasa vasorum, that can lead to an intraluminal thrombus, vascular stenosis, occlusion, or dissecting aneurysm formation.
Damian M. Bailey +14 more
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ABSTRACT Thymoma‐associated myasthenia gravis (TAMG) is frequently refractory, particularly when complicated by myasthenic crisis in advanced invasive disease. Complement C5 inhibitors and neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) inhibitors have expanded the treatment of acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody‐positive generalized myasthenia gravis; however, their ...
Yuta Kizuka +9 more
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ABSTRACT Fanconi Anemia (FA) is the most frequent inherited bone marrow failure syndrome. A role for the XRCC2 gene in FA was suspected in 2012 and confirmed in 2016, but only two affected individuals have been described thus far, and no long‐term follow‐up is available.
Sabina Cenciarelli +11 more
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