ptosis adiposa

ptosis adiposa
false ptosis an apparent ptosis caused by a fold of skin and fat hanging down below the border of the eyelid.

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  • ptosis adiposa — blefaroptosis (caída de los párpados) debido a una acumulación de grasa en los párpados imagen clínica [véase http://www.iqb.es/diccio/p/pr.htm#ptosis adiposa] Diccionario ilustrado de Términos Médicos.. Alvaro Galiano. 2010 …   Diccionario médico

  • ptosis adiposa — Eng. Adipose ptosis Ver ptosis falsa …   Diccionario de oftalmología

  • ptosis falsa — Eng. False ptosis Blefaroptosis aparente debida a la acumulación o tumoración grasa en el párpado. Ptosis adiposa …   Diccionario de oftalmología

  • Ptosis — Downward displacement. Ptosis of the eyelids is drooping of the eyelids. * * * 1. A sinking down or prolapse of an organ. 2. SYN: blepharoptosis. [G. p., a falling] p. adiposa SYN: blepharochalasis. aponeurogenic p. drooping of the eyelid caused… …   Medical dictionary

  • blepharochalasis — A condition in which there is a redundancy of the skin of the upper eyelids so that a fold of skin hangs down, often concealing the tarsal margin when the eye is open. SYN: ptosis adiposa. [blepharo + G. chalasis, a slackening] * * * n. excessive …   Medical dictionary

  • blepharoptosis, blepharoptosia — Drooping of the upper eyelid. SYN: ptosis (2). [blepharo + G. ptosis, a falling] b. adiposa b. with accumulation of subcutaneous fat causing skin to hang over the free border of the eyelid. false b. SYN: pseudoptosis …   Medical dictionary

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