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Burnstine, Michael A. et al.: 2020 Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery of the Upper Face DOI: 10.1055/b-0039-172774
Section III Involutional Ptosis

26 Management of Lacrimal Gland Prolapse

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Editors: Burnstine, Michael A.; Dresner, Steven C.; Samimi, David B.; Merritt, Helen A.

Authors: Attas-Fox, Liat; Bergman, Mica Y.; Blessing, Nathan W.; Brundridge, Wesley L.; Bernardini, Francesco P.; Carruthers, Jean; Chang, Jessica R.; Codère, François; Delgado, Juan A.; Devoto, Martín H.; Duarte, Ana F.; Dolman, Peter J.; DeBacker, Christopher M.; Foster, Jill A.; Fante, Robert G.; Gennai, Alessandro; Gokoffski, Kimberly K.; Gildener-Leapman, Juliana; Greer, Christine; Hamill, Eric B.; Heymann, Hans B.; Hartstein, Morris E.; Holck, David E. E.; Holds, John B.; Kakizaki, Hirohiko; Kim, Jonathan W.; Kalyam, Krishnapriya; Lee, Wendy W.; Lee, Diana K.; Lucarelli, Mark J.; Malhotra, Raman; Martin, John J.; Mahoney, Nicholas R.; Murdock, Jennifer; Ng, John D.; Patel, Vivek R.; Pakdel, Farzad; Pereira, Alice V.; Pfeiffer, Margaret L.; Putterman, Allen M.; Sabundayo, Maria Suzanne; Tan, Jeremy; Ting, Magdalene Y. L.; Yen, Michael T.; Ullrich, Katja; Zhang-Nunes, Sandy

Title: Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery of the Upper Face

Subtitle: Eyelid Ptosis, Dematochalasis, and Eyebrow Ptosis

Print ISBN: 9781626239210; Online ISBN: 9781626239227; Book DOI: 10.1055/b-006-149698

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Georg Thieme Verlag KG, Stuttgart

Subjects: Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery;Ophthalmology, Optometry

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John D. Ng, Jennifer Murdock

Abstract

Prolapse of the lacrimal gland is an involutional change where the lacrimal gland descends into the anterior orbit. It can cause a mechanical ptosis of the eyelid along with an unattractive cosmetic appearance. This can be managed with suture repositioning in an outpatient surgical setting. Other disorders of the eyelid can mask lacrimal gland prolapse, and it is important to identify this problem as a possible incidental finding during other surgical procedures.

Key words

lacrimal gland prolapse - dacryoadenopexy - blepharoplasty