| Upper-eyelid wick syndrome: association of upper-eyelid dermatochalasis and tearing. | |
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PMID: 22893070 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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OBJECTIVE To highlight a case series of patients manifesting epiphora and misdirection of tears laterally or along the upper-eyelid skin crease. This association has been termed upper-eyelid wick syndrome. We describe the clinical features and outcomes of management of these patients. METHODS A retrospective review of patients referred to 2 oculoplastic centers during a 6-year period for epiphora, who were considered to have misdirection of tears related in some way to upper-eyelid dermatochalasis. RESULTS Nine patients (7 women and 2 men; mean [SD] age, 61.2 [11.3] years, range, 41-76 years) with bilateral epiphora and lateral spillover (100%), occasionally combined with upper-eyelid wetting (n = 2). All patients had upper-eyelid dermatochalasis. Five patients had upper-eyelid skin obscuring and in contact with the lateral canthus (type 1), and in 4 the lateral canthus was only partially obscured by upper-eyelid skin (type 2). Five patients (56%) had linear excoriation of skin in the lateral canthus. All patients underwent upper-eyelid blepharoplasty, 3 combined with ptosis repair and 3 combined with eyebrow-lift. All patients achieved 80% to 100% improvement in epiphora following surgical intervention to the upper eyelid. The mean (range) follow-up was 2.8 (1-6) years. CONCLUSIONS We defined upper-eyelid wick syndrome as the misdirection of tears laterally or along the upper-eyelid skin crease causing epiphora, related in some way to upper-eyelid dermatochalasis. In all cases, epiphora improved with treatment of upper-eyelid dermatochalasis. Although recognized among physicians, this has never been formally described in the ophthalmic literature, to our knowledge. |
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Inbal Avisar; Jonathan H Norris; Dinesh Selva; Raman Malhotra |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Archives of ophthalmology Volume: 130 ISSN: 1538-3601 ISO Abbreviation: Arch. Ophthalmol. Publication Date: 2012 Aug |
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Created Date: 2012-08-15 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7706534 Medline TA: Arch Ophthalmol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1007-12 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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