RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Eyelid leishmaniasis in a patient with neurogenic ptosis.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 506
OP 507
DO 10.1136/bjo.75.8.506
VO 75
IS 8
A1 O'Neill, D P
A1 Deutsch, J
A1 Carmichael, A J
A1 Taylor, R
YR 1991
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/75/8/506.abstract
AB A patient with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia contracted cutaneous leishmaniasis of the upper eyelid. Infection of this site is rare because eyelid movements usually prevent the sandfly vector from biting the skin there. It is postulated that the relative immobility of the upper eyelid in this patient was a major predisposing factor for the infection.