Eyelid leishmaniasis in a patient with neurogenic ptosis.
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.
O'Neill
D P
DP
Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital.
Deutsch
J
J
Carmichael
A J
AJ
Taylor
R
R
D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000150:complications*
D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate