Inverse Epicanthus: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Inverse Epicanthus

Oculopalatoskeletal Syndrome

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Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome

Eye defects associated with congenital blepharophimosis 2,6,7 include strabismus, nystagmus, amblyopia, microphthalmus, anophthalmus, ptosis, epicanthus, inverse epicanthus [doi.org]

Blepharophimosis-Epicanthus Inversus-Ptosis Syndrome

epicanthus inverses, belpharophimosis and orbital dysmorphology. [ps-rc.org]

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Purpose: Blepharophimosis Ptosis Epicanthus Inversus Syndrome (BPES) is a rare craniofacial autosomal dominant disorder characterized by severe bilateral ptosis, telecanthus [ps-rc.org]

Blepharophimosis-Intellectual Disability Syndrome Type Ohdo

The following clinical evaluation showed hypertelorism, inverse epicanthus, and small teeth. [karger.com]

Prolapse

There is a strong genetical pattern in these cases which look like asian eyes with inverse epicanthus. [ahmetmaden.com.tr]

Blepharophimosis

Epicanthus inversus is the abnormal inversion of the skin folds of the upper eyelid. [wisegeek.com]

Blepharophimosis syndromes (BPES) type I and type II are a complex eyelid malformation characterized by four major features, all present at birth: blepharophimosis, ptosis, epicanthus [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ichthyosis - Oral and Digital Anomalies Syndrome

The following clinical evaluation showed hypertelorism, inverse epicanthus, and small teeth. [karger.com]

Epiblepharon of Lower Lid

Five-month-old infant, showing epicanthus and epiblepharon of the lower lids, with inversion of the cilia. Fig. 2 (Levitt). [docslide.net]

In the present study, type 2 epicanthus with a confluent fold appeared to drag more skin and orbicularis muscle upward from the lower eyelids to cause more severe lash inversion [journals.plos.org]

Examination disclosed bilateral epicanthus and epiblepharon of lower lids, with inversion of the lashes (fig. 1), increased on downward gaze (fig. 2). [docslide.net]

Radioulnar Synostosis-Microcephaly-Scoliosis Syndrome

Inversus (BPES) FOXL2 gene AD (50% de novo) clinical features- Blepharophimosis (eye findings), ptosis, epicanthys inverses, telecanthus Nonsyndromic hearing loss GJB2, GJB6 [quizlet.com]

[…] infection, chronic sinusitis, maconeum ileum, malabsorption due to pancreatic insufficiency, CBAVD in males tests: sweat test, sequencing, common muts Blepharophimosis, Ptosis, Epicanthus [quizlet.com]

10q22.3-q23.3 Microdeletion Syndrome

Pericentric Inversion of Chromosome 11 Definition and Epidemiology This condition is rare, with few cases reported in the literature. [entokey.com]

Ophthalmic Manifestations Narrow downslanting palpebral fissures, telecanthus, epicanthus hypertelorism, telecanthus, and exotropia have been reported [ 301, 338 ]. [entokey.com]

Hereditary Disease

Pericentric Inversion of Chromosome 11 Definition and Epidemiology This condition is rare, with few cases reported in the literature. [entokey.com]

Ophthalmic Manifestations Narrow downslanting palpebral fissures, telecanthus, epicanthus hypertelorism, telecanthus, and exotropia have been reported [ 301, 338 ]. [entokey.com]