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Case Reports
. 1997 Oct;244(10):623-4.
doi: 10.1007/s004150050156.

Psychogenic pseudoptosis

J W Hop  1 , C J Frijns, J van Gijn
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Case Reports

Psychogenic pseudoptosis

J W Hop et al. J Neurol. 1997 Oct.

Abstract

Three patients with psychogenic pseudoptosis of one eyelid are reported. All showed depression of the eyebrow on the affected side. The clinical course varied: in two patients the symptom resolved spontaneously after positive reassurance; in the third patient it remained unchanged for 2 years.

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