Damasceno, Renato Wendell, Avgitidou, Georgia, Belfort, Rubens, Jr., Correa Dantas, Paulo Elias, Holbach, Leonard M. and Heindl, Ludwig M. (2015). Eyelid aging: pathophysiology and clinical management. Arq. Bras. Oftalmol., 78 (5). S. 328 - 332. SAO PAULO: CONSEL BRASIL OFTALMOLOGIA. ISSN 1678-2925
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Life expectancy is increasing in most countries. With increasing age, many individuals may develop involutional ophthalmic diseases, such as eyelid aging. Dermatochalasis, ptosis, ectropion, and entropion are common disorders in middle-aged and older adults. This review outlines the pathophysiology and clinical management of these involutional eyelid disorders. Recently, a decrease in elastic fibers with ultrastructural abnormalities and an overexpression of elastin-degrading enzymes have been demonstrated in involutional ectropion and entropion. This may be the consequence of local ischemia, inflammation, and/or chronic mechanical stress. Eyelid aging with progressive loss of tone and laxity may affect the ocular surface and adnexal tissues, resulting in different clinical symptoms and signs. Surgical management depends on the appropriate correction of the underlying anatomical defect.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-393748 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.5935/0004-2749.20150087 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Arq. Bras. Oftalmol. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number: | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | S. 328 - 332 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | CONSEL BRASIL OFTALMOLOGIA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | SAO PAULO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1678-2925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/39374 |
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