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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
Histological specimens of eyelids from patients with congenital genuine ptosis and acquired involutional ptosis are compared. In congenital ptosis there is evidence of true muscular dystrophy of the levator muscle as demonstrated by: loss of cross striations, random decrease in muscle fibre diameter, sarcolemmal retraction, nuclei alignment, and fibrous and fatty tissue displacement of the striated fibres. In involutional ptosis disinsertion of the levator aponeurosis from its normal insertion on the inferior-anterior surface of the tarsus is demonstrated. Correlation between clinical presentation and surgical correction is explained in light of these findings.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0950-222X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2 ( Pt 2)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
179-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Histological changes in congenital and acquired blepharoptosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study