UPPER AND LOWER EYELIDS AFFECTION

- VII- Ptosis (blepharoptosis)

It means drooping of the upper eyelid. Classified according to the cause into:

1- Congenital ptosis

2- Acquired ptosis

a) False ptosis: It occurs as a result of trauma of the eyelid, abscess or tumor of the eyelid or fracture of the supra-orbital process.

b) True ptosis: It may be central as a result of cerebral or cerebellar tumor or peripheral due to paralysis of the nerve supply of the levators of the eyelid.

Treatment:

1-Resection of the levator muscles of the upper eyelid.

1-     Removal of an elliptical piece of skin or trephination of a circular disc and suturing the wound horizontally.