Floppy eyelid syndrome with severe corneal scarring

✍ Scribed by Melissa B. Shafer

• Book ID: 104359134
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 545 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0953-4431
• DOI: 10.1016/s0953-4431(96)00188-9

✦ Synopsis

Floppy eyelid syndrome consists of a papillary conjunctivitis and loose upper eyelids that spontaneously evert. A secondary keratitis may result from nocturnal eyelid eversion. The patients are usually obese, middle-aged males. The cause is unknown, but could relate to obesity or collagen abnormalities in the lid tissue. Treatment involves nocturnal eyelid taping or surgical eyelid correction. A case of floppy eyelid syndrome with severe cornea1 scarring resulting in light perception visual acuity is presented.