title: [Eyelid ptosis associated with pachydermoperiostosis: case report].
abstract: We describe a clinical case of a patient with pachydermoperiostosis and bilateral palpebral ptosis. It is a hereditary, dominant autosomic disease, which affects skin, bones and soft tissues. In the eyelid, it causes an important tarsal hypertrophy. We discuss the physiopathology and treatment of the ptosis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Ceará, Brazil. apxalves@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ana Paula Ximenes
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: Joana Gurgel
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Holanda Filha
authors.forename: Fabiane Trindade
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Jerônimo
mesh_terms: D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010004:Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications*