Palpebral ptosis is an extremely rare manifestation of conversion disorder. Presented here is a 14-year-old girl with acquired palpebral ptosis characterized by diurnal variation and initially diagnosed as juvenile myasthenia gravis. The normal eyelid muscle strength accompanied with eyebrow depression during ptosis, improvement with saline injection and normal electrophysiological findings led to the diagnosis of conversion disorder. After the exclusion of organic causes, conversion disorder should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of acquired palpebral ptosis particularly when accompanied by eyebrow depression.
Field : Sağlık Bilimleri
Journal Type : Uluslararası
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