Etiology of Eyelid Retraction in Koreans.

Hwang, Jeong Min; Kim, Won Bae

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1998;39(6):1069-1076.
Published online June 1, 1998.

Etiology of Eyelid Retraction in Koreans.

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul Municipal Boramae Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Municipal Boramae Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

한국인 안검후퇴의 원인 질환

황정민(Jeong Min Hwang),김원배(Won Bae Kim)

Abstract

Eyelid retraction occurs secondary to various disease entities. To our knowledge, there has not been any report on the etiology of eyelid retraction in Korea. The authors have observed 47 patients with unilateral or bilateral eyelid retraction and studied the etiologies. Eyelid retractions were commonly associated with thyroid ophthalmopathy, traurna and neuropathic causes in adults, and paradoxic synkinesis of levator palpebrae muscle and thyroid ophthalmopathy in children. Unilateral eyelid retractions were most commonly associated with neuropathic causes, and thyroid ophthalmopathy is the most common cause in bilateral eyelid retractions. In contrary to the previous reports, lower lid retraction was characteristically more common than upper lid retraction in thyroid.

Key Words: Eyelid retraction;Paradoxic synkinesis;Thyroid ophthal mopathy