Dry eye and Meige's syndrome.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the relation between dry eye and Meige's syndrome.


METHODS
325 patients with dry eye were divided into those responsive to topical and other forms of treatment (n = 276) and those who were not (n = 49). A neuropsychiatric examination was performed to check for Meige's syndrome in the latter group.


RESULTS
Twenty eight (57%) of the treatment unresponsive patients were diagnosed with Meige's syndrome.


CONCLUSIONS
There is a subgroup of patients with dry eye who do not respond to simple therapy. More than half of these patients have Meige's syndrome and need psychiatric, as well as ophthalmic, care.
Tsubota
K
K
Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan.
Fujihara
T
T
Kaido
M
M
Mori
A
A
Mimura
M
M
Kato
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015352:Dry Eye Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008538:Meige Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome