Purpose. To investigate static upper eyelid pressure and contact with the ocular surface in a group of young adult subjects. Methods. Static upper eyelid pressure was measured for 11 subjects using a piezoresistive pressure sensor attached to a rigid contact lens. Measures of eyelid pressure were derived from an active pressure cell (1.14-mm square) beneath the central upper eyelid margin. To i...

The lower eyelid retractors consist of double layers, the posterior layer of which is the main tractional component. Therefore, shortening of the posterior layer of the lower eyelid retractors causes lower eyelid retraction or cicatricial entropion. Based on this concept, we report a modified lower eyelid lengthening surgery involving complete recession of the posterior layer of the lower eyeli...

Purpose. To describe the use of the temporoparietal fascial flap (TPF) in the reconstruction of extensive lower eyelid defects in a functioning eye. Methods. We present a surgical case report of a 73-year-old female with melanoma of the left lower eyelid. The lower eyelid was resected, and a composite nasal cartilage-mucosa graft, a skin graft, and a TPF were used to reconstruct the lower eyeli...

Large area eyelid defects induced by human biting was rare. A 43-year-old man was bited by a human. His Blepharocoloboma size was 60% percent of the upper eyelid, the horizontal defect length of defect area was 25mm, the vertical height was 5mm,a small mass like lateral eyelid tissue was left on the Lateralis lid margin. The toughness of this lateral eyelid tissue was enough to support the late...

BACKGROUND A chief morbidity of Graves eye disease is upper eyelid retraction that results in exposure keratopathy and cosmetic deformity. OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of graded anterior blepharotomy to treat upper eyelid retraction. METHODS Fifty eyelids of 32 patients with Graves eye disease-associated upper eyelid retraction, causing symptomatic ocular exposure, were treated with gra...

OBJECTIVES To present a case of metastatic breast cancer to the lower eyelid and to review the literature.regarding the epidemiology and clinical features of cutaneous metastases to the eyelid. METHODS Case report describing a 68-year-old female with metastatic breast cancer to the lower eyelid. RESULTS Biopsy of the lower eyelid lesion revealed histopathologic features consistent with meta...

purpose : cutaneous anthrax of the eyelid is a rare condition in clinical practice, but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of preseptal and orbital cellulitis. here we report a case of palpebral anthrax. case report : a 5-year-old girl with anthrax infection of the right upper eyelid is presented. her eyelid showed an edematous, necrotic, and partially bullous lesion. following ...

A 59-year-old man with a previous left frontal lobe infarction sustained an infarction of the right frontal lobe. The patient manifested a bilateral symmetrical blepharoptosis that resolved in two months. Eyelid movements seem to be bilaterally represented in the frontal lobes. Bilateral cortical disease can produce supranuclear eyelid abnormalities such as blepharoptosis, difficulty maintainin...

BACKGROUND Pigmented basal cell carcinoma (PBCC) of the eyelid has not been well cited in the literature, and is often overlooked in the differential diagnosis of pigmented eyelid lesions. We aim to describe PBCC of the eyelid in Hispanic patients. METHODS Retrospective review of patients with eyelid skin cancer who presented to the Department of Dermatology at the Keck School of Medicine of ...