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Fig. 18.1 This patient had an initial ptosis repair at 5 months of age with a frontalis suspension procedure on the left upper eyelid. (a) Preoperative and (b) postoperative appearance of…

Fig. 24.1 Basal cell carcinoma . A 17-year-old female with a lateral canthal basal cell carcinoma Histopathologic confirmation of a suspicious lesion can be challenging in the pediatric age group….

Fig. 15.1 A subject with left-sided optic nerve glioma with associated proptosis. The tumor appears mildly hyperintense on T2-weighted images (a) On fat-saturated, contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images in the axial (b),…

Fig. 31.1 Relative left proptosis due to left axial myopia (pseudoproptosis). (a) A teenager with a prominent left eye relative to the right side. (b) Worm’s-eye view showing relative left…

1 Sustaining proliferative signalling Conveyed by growth factors usually with tyrosine kinase domains 2 Evading growth suppressors Often involves altering function of two major tumour suppressor genes encoding Rb and…

Fig. 14.1 Juvenile myasthenia gravis . (a) Right eye ptosis and (b) adduction deficit and (c) left eye elevator deficit. The child had physiologic anisocoria As mentioned previously, the most common…

Fig. 10.1 The 10-prism base down test for amblyopia. As described by Wright et al. [2], the 10-prism base down test for amblyopia is useful in children with straight eyes….

Fig. 3.1 Hand of a 22-week human fetus during fetal surgery for a life-threatening congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation associated with hydrops. In this chapter we review basic pediatric and adult…

Syndrome Airway-associated features Difficult mask ventilation? Difficult intubation? Apert (acrocephalosyndactyly) Midface hypoplasia, soft palate against posterior pharyngeal wall, narrow palate ± cleft Due to upper airway obstruction Potential difficult intubation…