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Eye Lid Drooped. MRI, Scan Negative. Had Surgery For Lid Uplift. Experiencing Double Vision.. Reason?

Early November my left eye lid drooped. Eventually it came all the way down. MRI , Chest CT, hand and neck EMG , and initial blood work all negative. Neuo Optho thought lid droop was caused by long term contact lens wear. I had eye lid surgery on January 23rd. To shorten and put lid muscle back in place. Six days after surgery i developed double vision which i had not had before. Since surgery lid is just a bit above my pupil. There is no improvement in the mornings upon waking. Before surgery i was given Mestinon for one week with no improvement. I have also been thru two packs of Steroids, no improvement. I am awaiting additional blood work and also the Muck test. No other symptoms other then eye and lid. If not MG or OMG what could it be affecting just eye and lid muscles? Could the double vision developing after the surgery be caused by the surgery itself? But then why has the lid not risen if the muscle was shortened and reattached?
Fri, 1 Mar 2013
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There are many reasons for a drooping upper lid to begin with. In adults, however, commonest among them are rigid contact lens use for prolonged periods, neurological following 3rd nerve palsy, the nerve that supplies that muscle, diabetes related, trauma, following cataract surgery.
If the cause is neurological, all you have to do is wait if the MRI and blood workup is fine ( as is the case with you) and treatment with a course of vitamin B complex. I assume, since you were operated upon, the cause following examination in your case was believed to be muscle realted or more appropriately aponeurotic which is the case with contact lens induced ptosis.
Following surgery immediately, there may be some residual ptosis which can be due to slight weakness of the muscle as a result of handling during surgery or even lid oedema that appears to be drooping but goes away after a while. It can also be actual undercorrection where there has been less shortening of muscle than needed but you have to wait a few months and then maybe a revision surgery would be needed. This is not as uncommon as you would think.
As far as the double vision goes, one cause is trauma to the superior rectus or superior oblique muscles during surgery. There has been time evolved following surgery so it would be a good idea to have the doulbe vision evaluated so the paretic muscles are determined and the exact cause identified.
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Eye Lid Drooped. MRI, Scan Negative. Had Surgery For Lid Uplift. Experiencing Double Vision.. Reason?

There are many reasons for a drooping upper lid to begin with. In adults, however, commonest among them are rigid contact lens use for prolonged periods, neurological following 3rd nerve palsy, the nerve that supplies that muscle, diabetes related, trauma, following cataract surgery. If the cause is neurological, all you have to do is wait if the MRI and blood workup is fine ( as is the case with you) and treatment with a course of vitamin B complex. I assume, since you were operated upon, the cause following examination in your case was believed to be muscle realted or more appropriately aponeurotic which is the case with contact lens induced ptosis. Following surgery immediately, there may be some residual ptosis which can be due to slight weakness of the muscle as a result of handling during surgery or even lid oedema that appears to be drooping but goes away after a while. It can also be actual undercorrection where there has been less shortening of muscle than needed but you have to wait a few months and then maybe a revision surgery would be needed. This is not as uncommon as you would think. As far as the double vision goes, one cause is trauma to the superior rectus or superior oblique muscles during surgery. There has been time evolved following surgery so it would be a good idea to have the doulbe vision evaluated so the paretic muscles are determined and the exact cause identified.