EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
David W Hayes, DO, US Military Flight Surgeon

Category: Oculoplastics
Diagnosis: Marcus Gunn Jaw Winking Syndrome

Image Comments:

This is a 7 year-old Afghani Male with congenital ptosis/Marcus Gun jaw-winking syndrome. It was in the late 1800's that Marcus Gunn first described a teenage girl with a very peculiar congenital ptosis in which the lid opened and "winked" with associated movement of the jaw.
The combination of photos in this 7 year-old Afghani Male demonstrates well the synkinetic jaw-winking phenomenon.

 

 

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