EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
William Charles Caccamise Sr,MD, Retired Clinical Prof of Ophthalmology-U of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Category: Oculoplastics
Diagnosis: cutis laxa/dermatochalasis palpebrae

Image Comments:

With age with or without dissipation, the lids all too frequently manifest the changes evident in this photograph, i.e. laxity and redundancy. The interference with vision by overhanging folds is a frequent reason for oculoplastic repair. Many ophthalmologists use cutis laxa/ dermatochalasis/ blepharochalasis interchangeably. However some pathologists, e.g. Yanoff and Fine, use a more restrictive definition of blepharochalasis: " an uncommon condition characterized by permanent changes in the eyelids after recurrent and unpredictable attacks of edema, generally in individuals under 20 years of age".

 

 

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