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N W R Slingerland1, P Sonneveld, J C den Hollander
1Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Purpose:
To describe a bilateral involutional lower eyelid ectropion in a patient with cutis laxa, a paraneoplastic process in multiple myeloma.
Design:
Case report.
Results:
A 60-year-old male presented with a marked involutional left lower eyelid ectropion. Systemic history included cutis laxa, a paraneoplastic feature of multiple myeloma. After surgical treatment, the ectropion recurred; furthermore, a right lower eyelid ectropion developed. In addition, a distinct dermatochalasis of both upper eyelids was present.
Conclusions:
This case is the first description of a marked bilateral involutional ectropion in cutis laxa acquisita.
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