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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Marcus Gunn Jaw Winking Syndrome

Marcus Gunn Jaw Winking Syndrome

Category(ies): Oculoplastics
Contributor: David W Hayes, DO

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.