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Floppy eyelid syndrome

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Floppy eyelid syndrome (FES) is a disease whose most prominent features often include floppy upper eyelids that can be easily everted, as well as papillary conjunctivitis.

Key points
  • It is often associated with patients with high body mass index and obstructive sleep apnea.
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    It is often associated with patients with high body mass index and obstructive sleep apnea .
  • The syndrome is thought to revolve around the upregulation of elastin-degrading enzymes and mechanical factors.
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    Floppy eyelid syndrome is thought to revolve around the upregulation of elastin -degrading enzymes , as well as mechanical factors.
  • These factors can cause instability of the eyelid scaffold, resulting in eyelid malposition.
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    These can cause instability of the eyelid scaffold, resulting in the malposition of the eyelid.
Symptoms
  • Floppy upper eyelids that can be easily everted.
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    floppy upper eyelids that can be easily everted
  • Papillary conjunctivitis.
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    papillary conjunctivitis
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Floppy eyelid syndrome
SpecialtyOphthalmology

Floppy eyelid syndrome (FES) is a disease whose most prominent features often include floppy upper eyelids that can be easily everted, as well as papillary conjunctivitis.[1] It is often associated with patients with high body mass index and obstructive sleep apnea.[citation needed]

Floppy eyelid syndrome is thought to revolve around the upregulation of elastin-degrading enzymes, as well as mechanical factors. These can cause instability of the eyelid scaffold, resulting in the malposition of the eyelid.[2]

  1. ↑ Parunovic, A. (1983). "Floppy eyelid syndrome". British Journal of Ophthalmology. 67 (4): 264–266. doi:10.1136/bjo.67.4.264. PMC 1040031. PMID 6830745.
  2. ↑ Pham, Thu T.; Perry, Julian D. (2007). "Floppy eyelid syndrome". Current Opinion in Ophthalmology. 18 (5): 430–433. doi:10.1097/ICU.0b013e3282ced08e. PMID 17700238. S2CID 6138529.