Congenital Blepharoptosis.
- Author:
Yong Bock HAN
1
;
Jong Moon PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Blepharoptosis*;
Family Characteristics;
Heredity;
Humans;
Parturition;
Silicones
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1986;27(4):639-643
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Congenital blepharoptosis is commonly unilateral with strong autosomal dominant heredity tendency and is present at birth or after birth. The authors experienced two patients with congenital blepharoptosis with hereditary tendency for three generations and treated them with frontalis sling operation with silicone 40 strip.
