Ptosis in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

被引：6

作者：

Klapper, SR

Jordan, DR

Pelletier, C

Brownstein, S

Punja, K

机构：

[1] Univ Ottawa, Inst Eye, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada

[2] Hop Sacre Coeur, Dept Ophthalmol, Montreal, PQ, Canada

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY | 1998年 / 126卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00166-4

中图分类号：

R77 [眼科学];

学科分类号：

100212 ;

摘要：

PURPOSE: To report a case of chronic, progressive unilateral blepharoptosis in a 73-year-old woman with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. METHOD: Case report. A biopsy was performed on a thickened and indurated tarsal plate that we believed had resulted in mechanical blepharoptosis. RESULTS: Histologic and immunohistochemistry studies of the biopsy specimen demonstrated a lymphoplasmacytoid cell infiltrate with monoclonal antibodies consistent with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. CONCLUSION: Involvement of the tarsal conjunctiva and tarsus in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia is a newly recognized cause of eyelid thickening and ptosis, (Am J Ophthalmol 1998;126: 315-317, (C) 1998 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.).

引用

页码：315 / 317

页数：3

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