DRY EYE AND MEIGES-SYNDROME

Aims-To determine the relation between dry eye and Meige's syndrome. M ethods-325 patients with dry eye were divided into those responsive to topical and other forms oftreatment (n=276) and those who were not (n =49). A neuropsychiatric examination was performed to check for Meige' s syndrome in the latter group. Results-Twenty eight (57%) of the trea tment unresponsive patients were diagnosed with Meige's syndrome. Conc lusions-There is a subgroup of patients with dry eye who do not respon d to simple therapy. More than half of these patients have Meige's syn drome and need psychiatric, as well as ophthalmic, care.