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blepharochalasis
Etiology:
- idiopathic
Epidemiology:
- more common in younger individuals
Pathology:
- inflammation of the eyelid
- exacerbations & remissions of eyelid edema
- stretching with subsequent atrophy of the eyelid tissue
- nerve injury to the levator palpebrae superioris causes ptosis
Clinical manifestations:
- painless recurrent upper eyelid edema
- formation of redundant folds over the lid margins
- thinning, stretching, & fine wrinkling of the eyelid skin
- ptosis
- typically affects only the upper eyelids
- unilateral or bilateral
Differential diagnosis:
- eyelid cutis laxa
Management:
- eye surgery
General
eyelid disease
inflammation
References
- Wikipedia: Blepharochalasis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blepharochalasis
- Kotlus BS and Roy H
eMedicine: Blepharochalasis Syndrome
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1214014-overview