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Eyelash Formation Secondary to Latanoprost Treatment in a Patient With Alopecia
Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:718-719.
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Eyelashes have a protective function against airborne particles. In addition, loss of eyelashes can be cosmetically unacceptable to some patients. For eyelash loss due to alopecia, treatments including oral steroids or other systemic medications have limited efficacy and can be potentially dangerous to the eye. We report growth of eyelashes after treatment with latanoprost in a patient with total loss of eyelashes for 5 years secondary to alopecia.
Report of a Case
A 53-year-old woman was referred to the glaucoma service of Devers Eye Institute, Portland, Ore, by an outside ophthalmologist. She was referred as a glaucoma suspect based on a positive family history of glaucoma, an enlarged cup-disc ratio without other signs of glaucomatous optic neuropathy, and intraocular pressures in the low 20s by Goldmann applanation tonometry. She had repeatable normal standard automated achromatic visual fields.
Five years prior to referral, she reported an allergic response presumed to be associated with ibuprofen that . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Steven L. Mansberger, MD;
George A. Cioffi, MD
Portland, Ore
Corresponding author: George A. Cioffi, MD, Devers Eye Institute/Discoveries in Sight, 1040 NW 22nd Ave, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97210.
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