Congenital Ptosis and Mendelism

Clinical presentation and management of congenital ptosis

Congenital ptosis is a rare condition characterized by lower positioning of the upper eyelid that is present at birth and is a clinical condition that is persistent if not treated. It may be unilateral or bilateral and may be associated with other ocular disorders or systemic conditions, including Marcus Gunn, Horner, and Duane syndromes. It is a benign condition but causes functional, cosmetic...

Lash ptosis in congenital and acquired blepharoptosis.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of lash ptosis (LP) in eyes with congenital and acquired blepharoptosis. METHODS We retrospectively graded photographs of 228 eyes from 174 patients with congenital or acquired blepharoptosis for LP. We used a 4-point rating scale for LP, in which 0 indicates no LP; 1, minimal; 2, moderate; and 3, severe. A prospective evaluation of LP in 30 eyes from 15 ...

Mending Mendelism

Double Rhomboid Suture Technique for Congenital Ptosis.

PURPOSE Congenital ptosis is a troubling eye condition for pediatric ophthalmologists. There are many considerations to contemplate when deciding when to operate and which technique to use. METHODS A retrospective chart review of 69 pediatric patients treated for congenital ptosis using a double rhomboid frontalis sling with a nylon suture at a single tertiary care center. RESULTS For patie...

Teaching .Mendelism

regor Mendel is rightly credited as being the "father of modern " He presented the results of his pea at a of his local natural history society in two lectures 1865. His paper was published in the proceedings of the society the next year. From his breeding experiments with the edible pea, he recog­ nized the phenomena of what we call dominance and recessiveness, segregation of assortment of dif...