Dry eye and Meige's syndrome. Issue 6 (1st June 1997)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tsubota, Kazuo; Fujihara, Tsutomu; Kaido, Minako; Mori, Asako; Mimura, Masaru; Kato, Motoichiro
• Is Part Of: British journal of ophthalmology. Volume 81:Issue 6(1997)
• Page Start: 439
• Page End: 442
• Publication Date: 1997-06-01
• Subjects: dry eye -- Meige's syndrome; Ophthalmology -- Periodicals; 617.7
• DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.6.439
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1161

Abstract

Abstract : AIMS: To determine the relation between dry eye and Meige's syndrome. METHODS: 325 patients with dry eye were divided into those responsive to topical and other forms of treatment (n=276) and those who were not (n=49). A neuropsychiatric examination was performed to check for Meige's syndrome in the latter group. RESULTS: Twenty eight (57%) of the treatment unresponsive patients were diagnosed with Meige's syndrome. CONCLUSIONS: There is a subgroup of patients with dry eye who do not respond to simple therapy. More than half of these patients have Meige's syndrome and need psychiatric, as well as ophthalmic, care.