Ptosis in Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
To report a case of chronic, progressive unilateral blepharoptosis in a 73-year-old woman with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. Case report. A biopsy was performed on a thickened and indurated tarsal plate that we believed had resulted in mechanical blepharoptosis. Histologic and immunohistochemistry studies of the biopsy specimen demonstrated a lymphoplasmacytoid cell infiltrate with monoclonal antibodies consistent with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. Involvement of the tarsal conjunctiva and tarsus in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia is a newly recognized cause of eyelid thickening and ptosis.
Medical subject headings
- Blepharoptosis
- Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia