Not only hard contact lens wear but also soft contact lens wear may be associated with blepharoptosis.

Objective: The authors attempt to establish an association between prolonged hard and soft contact lens wear and ptosis.

Design: Single-center retrospective consecutive series.

Participants: All patients between 18 and 50 years of age who were diagnosed with unilateral or bilateral ptosis between January 2002 and December 2005 (35 patients).

The inhibitory effect of (111)In-DTPA(0)-octreotide on intrahepatic tumor growth after partial hepatectomy.

Unlabelled: The aim of this animal study was to evaluate whether peptide receptor radionuclide therapy with (111)In-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA)(0)-octreotide was able to reduce tumor growth even under tumor growth-stimulating conditions induced by partial hepatectomy (PHx).

Methods: Rats underwent 70% PHx or sham operation. The development of hepatic metastases was determined 21 d after direct injection of somatostatin receptor (SS-R)-positive or SS-R-negative tumor cells into the portal vein.