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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.
