Possible causes of Drooping eyelid (Ptosis)

15 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.

• Aponeurotic ptosis (age-related ptosis) Common
• Bell's palsy (facial muscle weakness) Common Pediatric
• Brain tumor (cancer) Common Urgent Pediatric
• Cerebral vascular accident (stroke) Common Urgent Pediatric
• Diabetes (elevated blood sugar) Common
• Facial trauma (injury) Common Urgent Pediatric
• Myasthenia gravis Common Urgent
• Ramsay Hunt syndrome (varicella infection) Common Pediatric
• Cerebral aneurysm (brain artery dilation) Urgent
• Lyme disease Urgent
• Miller Fisher Syndrome
• Orbital fracture (broken bone) Urgent
• Orbital mass Urgent
• Pancoast syndrome (apical lung tumor)
• Vertebral-basilar stroke (lower brain stroke) Urgent