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The association of congenital ptosis and congenital heart disease.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3703524     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Congenital ptosis and congenital heart disease are known to occur simultaneously in the presence of several well-recognized clinical syndromes. We report seven cases of documented, structural congenital heart defects found among 156 consecutive congenital ptosis patients operated at the Wills Eye Hospital. The possibility that the concurrence found in the patients was a manifestation of a dysmorphic syndrome was carefully excluded by observers skilled in the recognition of such anomalies. The observed rate of congenital heart disease, in otherwise normal congenital ptosis patients, was five times the expected rate in the pediatric population at large. This should alert ophthalmologists examining pediatric ptosis patients to the possibility of a coexisting structural heart defect.
Authors:
D C Larned; J C Flanagan; L E Nelson; R D Harley; T W Wilson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Ophthalmology     Volume:  93     ISSN:  0161-6420     ISO Abbreviation:  Ophthalmology     Publication Date:  1986 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1986-06-13     Completed Date:  1986-06-13     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7802443     Medline TA:  Ophthalmology     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  492-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Blepharoptosis / complications,  congenital*
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital / complications*
Humans
Infant
Male

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