Dominantly inherited blepharoptosis, high myopia, and ectopia lentis

Arch Ophthalmol. 1982 Feb;100(2):282-4. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1982.01030030284010.

Abstract

A previously undescribed syndrome of bilateral blepharoptosis, ectopia lentis, and high myopia apparently was dominantly inherited and originated from a spontaneous genetic mutation. The syndrome seems to be caused by a decrease in the tensile strength of the levator aponeurosis, the zonules, and the sclera.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Blepharoptosis / complications*
  • Blepharoptosis / genetics
  • Cataract / complications
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Ectopia Lentis / complications*
  • Ectopia Lentis / genetics
  • Endophthalmitis / complications
  • Female
  • Genes, Dominant
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lens Subluxation / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation
  • Myopia / complications*
  • Myopia / genetics
  • Syndrome