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Br J Ophthalmol 1990;74:694-695 doi:10.1136/bjo.74.11.694
  • Research Article

Linear scleroderma associated with ptosis and motility disorders.

  1. M S Suttorp-Schulten and
  2. L Koornneef
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

      Abstract

      A case is reported in which an 11-year-old girl developed progressive ptosis and a subsequent motility disorder of the right eye. The diagnosis linear scleroderma en coup de sabre was established. Atrophy of the upper levator palpebral and superior rectus muscle could be shown on CT scan.

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