We report here a bedside test which is very helpful in differentiating two types of palpebral narrowing—that is, one caused by weakness of the frontal muscle and the other by weakness of the levator ...

Department of Opthalmology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands. AIMS/BACKGROUND: The connective tissue system of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle (LPS) consists of the septa ...

Pain on one side of head this is headache migraine symptoms. Medical illustration. Woman Face Levator Palpebrae Superioris Muscle vector illustration Woman Face Levator Palpebrae Superioris Muscle ...

This involves an injection into the upper eyelid to temporarily paralyze the superior tarsal muscle (known as the levator palpebrae muscle in humans) that acts to hold the upper lid in an elevated ...

Cannabis may reduce the function of the levator palpebrae superioris, the muscle that raises the upper eyelid. So while Lennon was stoned, his lowered eyelids would have helped secure the top of ...

PCR testing was negative for SARS-CoV-2. Imaging did not demonstrate any evidence of levator palpebrae superioris (LPS) injury, nor was there evidence of inflammation within the orbit. The raised ...

The eyelid closure occurs due to orbicularis oculi contraction rather than inhibition of levator palpebrae superioris as is seen in inverse Marcus-Gunn syndrome. There can be cosmetic disfigurement ...

Multiple muscles are involved in the blinking of the eyes. The orbicularis oculi and levator palpebrae superioris are the two primary muscles that regulate eye closure and opening. The importance od ...

Oculomotor (3rd cranial) nerve palsy – the expected triad of signs would be a full ptosis (loss of levator palpebrae innervation), hypo and exotropia, and a dilated pupil. Where the nerve damage is ...

Structures within the orbit that show neurological symptoms if affected by IgG4-RD include: the extra-ocular muscles and levator palpebrae; structures emerging from the optic canal such as the optic ...

There are currently two clinically and molecularly defined forms of myotonic dystrophy: (1) myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), also known as ‘Steinert’s disease'; and (2) myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) ...