TY - JOUR KW - Aged KW - Ectropion KW - Eyelid Diseases KW - Facial Nerve KW - Facial Paralysis KW - Female KW - Gold KW - Guinea KW - Humans KW - Leprosy, lepromatous KW - Polyethylene KW - Prostheses and Implants AU - Toledano Fernández N AU - García Sáez S AU - Arteaga Sánchez A AU - Díaz Valle D AB -

CASE REPORT: A case of bilateral facial palsy with paralytic ectropion, lagophthalmos and corneal damage secondary to corneal exposure in a long-standing patient with lepromatous leprosy is presented. Correction of paralytic ectropion was performed by medial cantoplasty, tarsal strip and Medpor lower eyelid spacer implantation. Lagophthalmos was corrected by gold weight implant in the upper tarsus.

DISCUSSION: Ocular findings in leprosy appear in 72% of patients. Facial nerve palsy occurs in 3-19.8%, being bilateral in 5%. In long standing cases with corneal complications secondary to exposure, surgical treatment is required.

BT - Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12221544?dopt=Abstract DA - 2002 Sep IS - 9 J2 - Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol LA - spa N2 -

CASE REPORT: A case of bilateral facial palsy with paralytic ectropion, lagophthalmos and corneal damage secondary to corneal exposure in a long-standing patient with lepromatous leprosy is presented. Correction of paralytic ectropion was performed by medial cantoplasty, tarsal strip and Medpor lower eyelid spacer implantation. Lagophthalmos was corrected by gold weight implant in the upper tarsus.

DISCUSSION: Ocular findings in leprosy appear in 72% of patients. Facial nerve palsy occurs in 3-19.8%, being bilateral in 5%. In long standing cases with corneal complications secondary to exposure, surgical treatment is required.

PY - 2002 SP - 511 EP - 4 T2 - Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia TI - [Bilateral lagophthalmos in lepromatous leprosy. Case report]. UR - http://www.oftalmo.com/seo/archivos/articulo.php?idSolicitud=1076&numR=9&mesR=9&anioR=2002&idR=62 VL - 77 SN - 0365-6691 ER -