title: Amblyopia and strabismus in congenital ptosis.
abstract: Seventeen per cent of 216 cases of simple congenital ptosis developed amblyopia and 19% had a squint. Of those patients with amblyopia, 14% had amblyopia attributable to stimulus deprivation, 21% had anisometropic amblyopia and 51% had strabismic amblyopia. Early refraction, orthoptic assessment and treatment and, where the pupillary axis is occluded, surgery to prevent stimulus deprivation amblyopia are recommended.
authors.affiliation: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Harrad
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Collin
mesh_terms: D000550:Amblyopia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D006801:Humans; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012683:Sensory Deprivation; D013285:Strabismus / Q000150:complications*