Upper eyelid retraction treated by cross-face free muscle graft: case report.
Upper eyelid retraction can be an early sign of Graves' disease. In a patient with no obvious endocrinological disturbance first the left and later the right upper eyelid became retracted. Since there was no exophthalmos it was decided to counteract the levator over-activity with free muscle grafts as used in the correction of paralytic lagophthalmos.
D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D012086:Reoperation