Occlusion therapy of unilateral amblyopia with botulinum toxin induced ptosis.

In order to evaluate the role of botulinum toxin induced ptosis as an occlusion method to treat unilateral deep strabismic amblyopia in two uncooperative children, we injected 0.2 ml of diluted botulinum toxin in the levator palpaebrae; low sedation was necessary in one of the two children. In both cases a marked ptosis was achieved, which lasted about four weeks and then gradually resolved completely.

Treatment of atopic eyelid disease using topical tacrolimus following corticosteroid discontinuation in a patient with open-angle glaucoma.

Purpose: To report a case of atopic eyelid disease treatment using topical tacrolimus in a patient with open-angle glaucoma following corticosteroid discontinuation.

Design: Interventional case report.

Methods: A 59-year-old white man with a history of treated open-angle glaucoma (latanoprost 0.