435 A 53-year-old female visited our department complaining of bilateral circular yellowish skin lesions around the upper and lower eyelids (Fig. 1). The lesions started to appear one year prior to admission at the medial aspect of the upper and lower eyelids and spread to the lateral sides. The patient complained that she felt inconvenienced or that opening her eyelids felt somewhat heavy and ...

Purpose: To evaluate the use of amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) for management of congenital distichiasis. Methods: In this interventional case series, 16 eyelids of 5 patients with congenital distichiasis underwent posterior lamella resection and AMT. Results: All patients were male subjects with mean age of 13.6±15.2 (range 2-42) years. Mean follow up was 17±7.5 (range 6-29) months. D...

Preparation • Dissolve 1 heaped teaspoonful of salt or sodium bicarbonate in a jug containing 500 ml of boiled water (half a litre); allow this solution to cool (Figure 1). • Pour a very small amount of the solution into a small sterile pot on a clean surface (Figure 2). Method 1 The eyelashes • Ask the patient to close both eyes. • Take a folded gauze swab or cotton bud. • Moisten the swab or ...

ECZEMA may be defined as a particular type of catarrhal inflammation of the skin, manifesting itself as vesication, weeping, or thickening of the epidermis. It can be caused by substances reaching the skin from outside the body (contact eczema or dermatitis), the subsequent reaction resulting either from a simple primary irritant effect or from an allergic mechanism. Patch tests are applicable ...

INTRODUCTION Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignant neoplasm of the eyelids and surrounding structures, usually developing in the area of the lower lid and medial canthus. Invasive forms of BCC are connected with a high risk of recurrence, often due to incomplete excision of these lesions. AIM Clinical and pathological analysis of recurrent BCCs of the eyelids and surrounding...

OBJECTIVES To describe techniques used for reconstruction of the eyelids following total loss of the upper and lower eyelids and to describe visual and functional outcomes. METHODS Multicenter, retrospective, interventional case series of all of the patients requiring unilateral reconstruction of both the upper and lower eyelids. RESULTS Six cases were identified, 1 following trauma and 5 f...

AIMS To evaluate objectively the meibomian gland area using newly developed software for non-invasive meibography. METHODS Eighty eyelids of 42 patients without meibomian gland loss (meiboscore=0), 105 eyelids of 57 patients with loss of less than one-third total meibomian gland area (meiboscore=1), 13 eyelids of 11 patients with between one-third and two-thirds loss of meibomian gland area (...

Aims: To assess the functional results and complications of Mersilene (polyester) mesh frontalis sling suspension to correct poor levator function ptosis. Methods: Retrospective case series. 32 eyelids of 20 patients (12 children and eight adults). Results: Follow up 1–69 months (mean 32). Children: eight patients had bilateral and four unilateral surgery (20 eyelids). Good long term functional...

A progressive debilitating disease of the orbit and adjacent connective tissues of cats has historically been called feline orbital pseudotumor. The authors reviewed clinical, histopathologic, and diagnostic imaging features of this disease in 12 cases from the Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin. The cats' ages ranged from 7 to 16 years (mean, 10.8 years). All cats had a histo...