title: Unilateral congenital ptosis and amblyopia.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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