Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

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Year
: 2017  |  Volume : 65  |  Issue : 9  |  Page : 884--886

Giant eyelid eccrine hidrocystoma-induced progressive ptosis in childhood


Dhivya Ashok Kumar, Amar Agarwal 
 Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital and Eye Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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Amar Agarwal
Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital and Eye Research Centre, 19, Cathedral Road, Chennai - 600 086, Tamil Nadu
India

An upper lid eccrine hidrocystoma presenting as early childhood progressive ptosis is very rare. We present a 9-year-old female child with droopy right upper lid since birth and progressive increase in symptoms. She had right upper lid ptosis (marginal reflex distance 1 of −1 mm) with fair levator function (8 mm) and abnormal cystic change on the conjunctival side. Computerized tomography imaging delineated the well-defined cystic lesion with homogeneous cavity with no contrast enhancement. Following the cyst excision, a giant eccrine hidrocystoma measuring 25 mm × 15 mm was removed, the largest reported in pediatric eyes. The case demonstrates the possibility of giant lid eccrine hidrocystomas presenting as progressive ptosis at a pediatric age and the need for early surgical intervention to prevent amblyopia.


How to cite this article:
Kumar DA, Agarwal A. Giant eyelid eccrine hidrocystoma-induced progressive ptosis in childhood.Indian J Ophthalmol 2017;65:884-886


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Kumar DA, Agarwal A. Giant eyelid eccrine hidrocystoma-induced progressive ptosis in childhood. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2017 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];65:884-886
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