Isolated Eye Lid Myotonia in a Child

Eye shield with removable lid.

The prime cause of corneal damage in exposure keratitis is desiccation. This results from failure of the lids to cover the cornea for either mechanical or neurological reasons. In such cases the application of a closely-fitting shield affords considerable protection because a pocket of humid air is trapped in front of the cornea. Several simple occlusive shields have been described utilizing su...

Isolated eye lid Cysticercosis: Report of a rare case with review of literature

Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by larval form of Taenia solium. Humans become the intermediate hosts for this parasite when the eggs are consumed through contaminated food and water. It is endemic in India. Approximately 50 million people worldwide are infected with the Taeniasis/Cysticercosis complex and 50,000 succumb to death annually. The commonest site of cysticercosis is ce...

Isolated eye-lid ptosis as initial manifestation of pediatric Behcet's Disease (BD)

PD is an 11-year-old girl first admitted in our hospital with bilateral eye-lid ptosis and headache. She was in good health until one month before the admission; she presented ptosis of eye-lids which was more evident on the left side, without other pathological findings. The normality of the EEG, cranial and midollar MRI, angio MRI, progstigmine test and laboratory tests excluded brain tumors,...

Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Lower Eye Fornix and Conjunctiva in a Child

Congenital isolated bilateral upper lid coloboma.

A case of congenital isolated coloboma of both the upper lids from just lateral to the lacrimal punctum up to the medial half, with symblepharon in the region of lower eyelid, was studied in a 7-year-old female child. She did not have any other associated anomalies. The birth and family histories were normal. The puncta were normal in position and well apposed to the globe. The closure of the l...