title: Surgical treatment of severe blepharoptosis and facial palsy caused by oculopharyngodistal myopathy.
abstract: Oculopharyngodistal myopathy is an extremely rare disease characterised by slowly progressive blepharoptosis, facial and bulbar muscle weakness and distal leg myopathy. We report the case of a 72-year-old woman with severe bilateral blepharoptosis and facial palsy caused by oculopharyngodistal myopathy that was present for more than 29 years. The condition was successfully treated by simple surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. yyssprs@gmail.com
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Madoka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori-Yoshimura
authors.forename: Tomohisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagasao
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toriumi
authors.forename: Tomito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oji
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kishi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Blepharoptosis; Facial palsy; Frontal suspension; Oculopharyngodistal myopathy