Ptosis associated with sinusitis.
An adolescent male developed eye pain and a drooping lid. Imaging revealed adjacent pansinusitis and a swollen levator palpebrae and superior rectus muscle. Compression of a branch of the oculomotor nerve is the postulated cause because vertical eye movements were normal.
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Department of Neurology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed