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Case Reports
. 1990 Nov;74(11):694-5.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.74.11.694.

Linear scleroderma associated with ptosis and motility disorders

M S Suttorp-Schulten  1 , L Koornneef
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Case Reports

Linear scleroderma associated with ptosis and motility disorders

M S Suttorp-Schulten et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1990 Nov.

Abstract

A case is reported in which an 11-year-old girl developed progressive ptosis and a subsequent motility disorder of the right eye. The diagnosis linear scleroderma en coup de sabre was established. Atrophy of the upper levator palpebral and superior rectus muscle could be shown on CT scan.

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