A case of giant hidrocystoma of the orbit in a 57-year-old female causing pain, epiphora and ptosis is reported. The cystic mass was totally excised as a whole. Histopathologic examination revealed eccrine hidrocystoma of the orbit. Hidrocystoma must be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with periocular masses causing pain and ptosis.

BACKGROUND The health benefits of breast milk for infants are well documented, but breastfeeding is avoided by many women because of concerns about a negative effect upon breast appearance. However, there is very little objective data to either support or refute this view. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to identify risk factors for the development of breast ptosis after pregnancy and ...

From the Department of Neurology, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi. Received June 24, 2009. Revised and Accepted July 10, 2009. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Yu-Hisang Su, MD. Department of Neurology, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, No 539, Chung-Shao Road, Chia-Yi, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected] KT is a 3-year-old girl and presents with a significant left congenital ptosis. Since ...

At a recent meeting of the Bath and Bristol Branch of the British Medical Association1 I showed some lantern slides illustrating ptosis, and it has been suggested to me that a short resume of the cases might be of interest to the readers of the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Journal. The ptosis was symptomatic of ophthalmoplegia externa, and the unusual point was that it came on in middle life in t...

THE instrument shown in Fig. 1 (a) and (b) is a spatula in two sizes, one smaller for children and the other larger for adults, curved to conform with the forward convexity of the tarsal plate in the upper eyelid; the upper edge of the spatula is rounded and curved to be accommodated in the superior fornix. That part of the spatula which projects below the upper lid margin, after its insertion ...

there are many tests for diagnosis of myasthenia gravis including tensilon test and ice test.to compare the ice test with tensilon test in sub jects with myasthenic and nonmyasthenic ptosis a process research study was designed. this study was performed in patients complaining of acquired ptosis in the neuro-ophthalmology center of farabi hospital. all 156 patients were tested with ice pack and...

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