Lacrimal gland prolapse: management during aesthetic blepharoplasty: review of the literature and case reports.
Prolapse of the lacrimal gland is an acquired clinical condition caused mainly by relaxation of the local suspending ligaments. Before an aesthetic blepharoplasty, there should be a preoperative clinical suspicion of lacrimal gland pathology for patients with bulging lateral thirds of the upper eyelids. It should be borne in mind that inadvertent removal of the lacrimal gland can lead to important alterations in ocular lubrication. This report describes two clinical cases of patients with lacrimal gland prolapse associated with dermatochalasis and their treatment.
Friedhofer
Henri
H
Division of Plastic Surgery, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. henrifri@uol.com.br
Orel
Maurício
M
Saito
Fábio Lopes
FL
Alves
Hélio Ricardo Nogueira
HR
Ferreira
Marcus Castro
MC
D019882:Blepharoplasty; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011391:Prolapse; D055815:Young Adult