creators_name: Bhat, KG creators_name: Karanth, A creators_id: bhat_kamalakshi@yahoo.co.in editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2009-07-02 01:44:42 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:23 metadata_visibility: show title: Marcus Gunn Jaw Winking Phenomenon - A case of the widening eye ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Congenital ptosis, Jaw winking phenomenon abstract: Marcus Gunn jaw winking phenomenon is a congenital synkinetic movement due to synkinesis between the upper eyelid and the pterygoids and it accounts for 8% of patients with congenital ptosis. In rare instances, ptosis may be absent. We present a case of Marcus Gunn Jaw Winking phenomenon without ptosis at presentation date: 2009-05-05 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Scienecs volume: 8 number: 1 publisher: Dr. BS Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1.Duke-Elder S. Congenital anomalies of the ocular adnexa. In: Duke-Elder S, Editor. System of ophthalmology. London: Henry Kimpton; 1964, Vol. 3, p900-905 2.Lee V, Konrad H, Bunce C, Nelson C, Collin JR. Aetiology and surgical treatment of childhood blepharoptosis. Br J Ophthalmol 2002;86:1282-1286 3.Kostick DA, Bartley GB. Upper eyelid malpositions: Congenital Ptosis. In: Albert DM, Jakobiec FA, editors. Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology: Clinical Practice. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders company; 1994. Vol. 4, p 3466 4.Khwarg SI, Tarbet KJ, Dortzbach RK, Lucarelli MJ. Management of moderate to severe Marcus Gunn jaw winking ptosis. Ophthalmology 1999;106:1191-1196 citation: Bhat, KG and Karanth, A (2009) Marcus Gunn Jaw Winking Phenomenon - A case of the widening eye. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/6569/1/2009-1-10.pdf