title: Dominantly inherited blepharoptosis, high myopia, and ectopia lentis.
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.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004479:Ectopia Lentis / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007906:Lens Subluxation / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D009216:Myopia / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D013577:Syndrome