Two Cases of Deepening of the Upper Lid Sulcus from Topical Bimatoprost Therapy.

Lee, Joong Won; Kim, Dae Yune; Lee, Yong Kil

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2007;48(2):332-336.
Published online February 28, 2007.

Two Cases of Deepening of the Upper Lid Sulcus from Topical Bimatoprost Therapy.

Joong Won Lee, Dae Yune Kim, Yong Kil Lee

¹Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea.
²Department of Ophthalmology, Haenam Hospital, Jeonnam, Korea. daeyun115@hanmail.net

비마토프로스트 점안 후 발생한 깊은 위눈꺼풀고랑 2례

이중원¹,김대윤²,이용길¹

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University¹, Gyeongju, Korea Department of Ophthalmology, Haenam Hospital², Jeonnam, Korea

Correspondence: Joong Won Lee, M.D.¹

Abstract

PURPOSE
To report two cases of deepening of the upper lid sulcus following bimatoprost. METHODS: A 54-year-old woman who used bimatoprost for one week and a 70-year-old woman who used bimatoprost for 4 months developed deep lid sulcus. Both were using bimatoprost for glaucoma treatment. RESULTS: Both patients also showed improvement of dermatochalasis and widening of the palpebral fissure. One week after discontinuing bimatoprost, the lid sulcus of the 54-year-old returned to baseline and exophthalmometry was unchanged. The orbital CT of the 70-year-old was normal. She did not complain about deepening of the lid sulcus, and she has not discontinued treatment due to this adverse effect.

Key Words: Adverse effect;Bimatoprost;Deepening of upper lid sulcus