title: Report of a family with dominantly inherited upper lid entropion.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the occurrence of late onset, bilateral, idiopathic upper lid entropion, occurring in three members of the same family, with a known family history.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five family members were examined, and a history taken, at Moorfields Eye Hospital. Three patients were treated surgically, and one also had a tarsoconjunctival biopsy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all cases, no aetiology was found. The family history suggests an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. All patients were treated with anterior lamellar repositioning, and had optimal results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The family reported seems to be affected by a familial form of primary acquired upper lid entropion, that shows an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern.
authors.affiliation: Moorfields Eye Hospital, City Road, London EC1V 2PD, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amias
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gittos
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Collin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D004774:Entropion / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D016896:Treatment Outcome