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Case Reports
. 2016 Jun;64(6):459.
doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.187676.

Prostaglandin-associated periorbitopathy

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Prostaglandin-associated periorbitopathy

Neha Shrirao et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2016 Jun.
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(a) Presence of left eye upper eyelid ptosis with deep superior sulcus (arrow) compared to right eye. (b) “Worm's hole view” (Nafziger method) showing left eye mild enophthalmos

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