title: Bilateral ptosis and lower eyelid ectropion secondary to cutaneous leishmaniasis.
abstract: A 73-year-old white woman had a 14-month history of an extensive, disfiguring facial lesion involving the cheeks, nose, and eyelids, resulting in exposure keratopathy. A biopsy of the facial lesion established the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmania, and the lesion responded to treatment with itraconazole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Chaudhry
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hylton
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: DesMarchais
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D004483:Ectropion / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007634:Keratitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D017964:Itraconazole