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Comparative Study
. 2013 Nov;97(11):1387-90.
doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-303051. Epub 2013 Apr 12.

The relationship between floppy eyelid syndrome and obstructive sleep apnoea

M Jesús Muniesa  1 , Valentín Huerva, Manuel Sánchez-de-la-Torre, Montserrat Martínez, Carmen Jurjo, Ferran Barbé
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Comparative Study

The relationship between floppy eyelid syndrome and obstructive sleep apnoea

M Jesús Muniesa et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2013 Nov.

Abstract

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of eyelid hyperlaxity and floppy eyelid syndrome (FES) in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), and the presence of OSA in FES.

Participants: One-hundred and fourteen patients who had been consecutively admitted for OSA evaluation and 45 patients with FES in which sleep studies were recorded.

Methods: Subjects underwent eyelid laxity measurement, slit-lamp examination and polysomnography.

Results: Eighty-nine patients were diagnosed of OSA. Fourteen patients with OSA had FES (16%) and 54/89 (60.67%) had eyelid hyperlaxity. Two of the 25 non-OSA patients had FES (8%) and 8 of 25 (32%) had eyelid hyperlaxity. There was a significantly higher incidence of eyelid hyperlaxity in OSA than in non-OSA patients (p=0.004). Thirty-eight of the 45 patients with FES were diagnosed of OSA (85%) and 65% had severe OSA.

Conclusions: OSA might be an independent risk factor for eyelid hyperlaxity and severe OSA is common in patients with FES.

Keywords: Eye Lids.

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  • Wake up to floppy eyelid syndrome.
    Diaper CJ. Diaper CJ. Br J Ophthalmol. 2013 Nov;97(11):1363-4. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-303416. Br J Ophthalmol. 2013. PMID: 24141141 No abstract available.

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