Unilateral congenital ptosis and amblyopia.
Amblyopia was detected in 15 of 55 children with unilateral congenital ptosis. Anisometropia was the main cause of the amblyopia in 10 cases, and strabismus alone was the cause in 2 cases. In three cases amblyopia developed after ptosis surgery.
D000293:Adolescent; D000550:Amblyopia / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012029:Refraction, Ocular