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ArticleInternational ophthalmology2024

Relationship between histopathological findings of patients with dermatochalasis and vitamin D deficiency.

Emre Aydemir, Emine Malkoç Şen, Gözde Aksoy Aydemir, Alper Halil Bayat, Ali Karnaz, Bilge Aydın Türk

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Emre AydemirDepartment of Ophthalmology, Antalya City Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
Emine Malkoç ŞenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Gözde Aksoy AydemirDepartment of Ophthalmology, Antalya City Hospital, Antalya, Turkey. gzdaksoy@hotmail.com.
Alper Halil BayatDepartment of Ophthalmology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ali KarnazDepartment of Ophthalmology, Nizip State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Bilge Aydın TürkDepartment of Pathology, Adıyaman University Education and Research Hospital, Adıyaman, Turkey.

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purposeTo compare the histopathological findings of patients who had been diagnosed with dermatochalasis (DC) and had undergone upper eyelid blepharoplasty (ULB) as well as those of controls (C-Group) according to their serum vitamin D (SVD) levels.

methodsThe prospective study included 136 upper eyelid skin from 68 patients who underwent surgery for DC and 53 upper eyelid skin from 53 patients who underwent levator surgery with ULB. The DC Group was then divided into 3 subgroups according to the marginal reflex distance (MRD4). The lymphatic vessel (LV) count and diameter of the largest LV (DLLV) were recorded, the stromal collagen bed (SCB) was observed, and its depth was measured, the interfibrillar edema was examined, and the elastic fiber and macrophage counts and recorded, respectively, and then all of these were evaluated. The SVD levels were compared between the DC patients and the C-Group.

resultsIn comparison to the C-Group, significant changes were seen in the dilated LV, DLLV, SCB depth, interfibrillar edema, elastic fiber density, and macrophage count in the DC sub-Groups (P < 0.001 for all). While no difference was found between DC sub-Group 1 (MRD4 > 4 mm) and the C-Group (P > 0.05), a significant difference was found between DC sub-Group 2 (MRD4 2-4 mm) and DC sub-Group 3 (MRD4 < 2 mm) for all of the parameters (P < 0.05). A statistically significant difference was also found in the SVD levels between the DC sub-Group 1 and DC sub-Groups 2-3 (P < 0.017, P < 0.001 respectively).

conclusionAccording to the results of this study, SVD level was significantly lower in DC group. Moreover, an increased LV count and diameter, decreased elastic fiber count, collagen fiber and stromal edema irregularity, and increased macrophage count were found to be associated with the SVD level.

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BlepharoplastyVitamin D DeficiencyAdultAgedEyelid DiseasesEyelidsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesVitamin DVitamin DCollagenDermatochalasisElastic fiberHistopathologySerum vitamin DVitamin D deficiency

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