Purpose: Upper eyelid thickness was measured to determine whether there is a difference in the thickness of the upper eyelids in children with and without epicanthus.
Methods: Children were enrolled into the epicanthus group or non-epicanthus (control) group. The children with epicanthus were classified into four subgroups according to the Duke-Elder's classification. The thickness of the upper eyelid was measured at five points with A-scan ultrasonography.
Results: There was no significant difference in upper eyelid thickness between the epicanthus group and control group (P > 0.05) or between the subgroups of the epicanthus group (P > 0.05).
Conclusions: This result suggests that the etiology of epicanthus may not be hypertrophy of soft tissue.
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