Absence of lateral palpebral raphe in Caucasians
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2009
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Goold, L.
Kakizaki, H.
Malhotra, R.
Selva-Nayagam, D.
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Clinical Ophthalmology, 2009; 3(1):391-393
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Lucy Goold, Hirohiko Kakizaki, Raman Malhotra and Dinesh Selva
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Classical anatomical teaching reports the presence of the lateral palpebral raphe formed at the union in the preseptal and orbital parts of the orbicularis oculi muscle, or by the tendon adhering these to the underlying zygomatic bone. The lateral palpebral raphe has been shown to be absent in Asian cadavers. The current study uses both evidence from the anatomical dissection of five eyelids from three Caucasian cadavers, and histological assessment of the lateral canthus of 13 eyelids from seven Caucasian cadavers to illustrate the absence of the lateral palpebral raphe in Caucasian population.
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© 2009 Goold et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.