title: Lax eyelid syndrome or 'progeria' of eyelid tissues.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The lax eyelid syndrome was described by Van den Bosch and Lemij as an uncommon disorder seen in non-obese elderly people and characterised by chronic ocular surface irritation symptoms and a "floppy upper eyelid". The authors present some new features of the lax eyelid syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors report five patients, belonging to a younger age group, who presented with premature laxity of all the eyelid tissues. This caused medial and lateral canthal dystopia and eyelid malposition including ptosis, entropion and ectropion. Initial surgical correction was often followed by recurrence after some time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors highlight the differences between lax eyelid syndrome, cutis laxa, floppy eyelid syndrome and the blepharochalasis syndrome and suggest that lax eyelid syndrome can be thought of as "progeria" or premature ageing of the eyelid tissues to distinguish it clearly from these other conditions.
authors.affiliation: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah-Desai
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sandy
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Collin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003483:Cutis Laxa / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011371:Progeria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome