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Acquired Pediatric Blepharoptosis Related to Linear Scleroderma

Tina Y. Kao, BS; Michael K. Yoon, MD; Thomas N. Hwang, MD, PhD; Michele M. Bloomer, MD; Timothy J. McCulley, MD

  • Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
  • DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20091218-02
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Abstract

Periocular linear scleroderma coup de sabre has been seen in association with blepharoptosis. The authors describe a 4-year-old girl who developed left blepharoptosis simultaneously with a remote scalp lesion consistent with linear scleroderma coup de sabre. This case is unique in that the scalp lesion was distant from the affected eye.

AUTHORS

From the Department of Ophthalmology (MKY, MMB, TJM), University of California–San Francisco; and Pacific Eye Associates (TNH), California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California.

The authors have no financial or proprietary interest in the materials presented herein.

Address correspondence to Timothy J. McCulley, MD, University of California–San Francisco, Department of Ophthalmology, 10 Koret Way, K-301, San Francisco, CA 94143-0730.

doi: 10.3928/01913913-20091218-02

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