Ptosis in a contact lens
wearer
This 68 year-old man presented with a left ptosis
of the levator disinsertion type. He had bilateral congenital cataract
and the left cataract was extracted 30 year ago leaving him aphakic. He
wears a gas permeable contact lens which giives him a 6/6 (20/20) vision.
The tarsal conjunctiva was normal. Contact lens
can cause either through chronic conjunctivitis or levator disinsertion.
 |
 |
|
|