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Resolution of bilateral ptosis after reduction of unilaterally elevated intraocular pressure in a child with Axenfeld-Reiger spectrum disorder.

Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Journal of AAPOS: the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus / American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (impact factor: 1.07). 06/2012; 16(3):307-8. DOI:10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.02.012 pp.307-8
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ABSTRACT We report a 9-month-old boy with bilateral pseudoptosis associated with elevated IOP. The patient had previously undergone bilateral trabeculectomies and Ahmed tube placement and right cataract extraction and penetrating keratoplasty. At presentation, the right eye IOP was 24 mm Hg and the left eye IOP was 32 mm Hg. Approximately 2 weeks after dorzolamide was added to the treatment regimen for the left eye, the mother reported that the ptosis had resolved. We suggest several explanations for the resolution of the ptosis.

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Keywords

2 weeks
 
9-month-old boy
 
bilateral trabeculectomies
 
cataract extraction
 
dorzolamide
 
eye IOP
 
IOP
 
left eye
 
left eye IOP
 

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