Dry eye and Meige's syndrome.

Tsubota, K; Fujihara, T; Kaido, M; Mori, A; Mimura, M; Kato, M · Br J Ophthalmol · 1997

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

To determine the relation between dry eye and Meige's syndrome. 325 patients with dry eye were divided into those responsive to topical and other forms of treatment (n = 276) and those who were not (n = 49). A neuropsychiatric examination was performed to check for Meige's syndrome in the latter group. Twenty eight (57%) of the treatment unresponsive patients were diagnosed with Meige's syndrome. There is a subgroup of patients with dry eye who do not respond to simple therapy. More than half of these patients have Meige's syndrome and need psychiatric, as well as ophthalmic, care.

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