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CLASSIFICATION OF PTOSIS<br />

Congenital ptosis<br />

1. Simple<br />

2. With lid anomalies<br />

3. With ophthalmoplegias<br />

4. Synkinetic (Marcus-Gunn)<br />

Acquired ptosis<br />

1. Neurogenic<br />

2. Myogenic<br />

3. Traumatic<br />

4. Mechanical<br />

5. Pseudoptosis<br />

• Congenital ptosis is associated with myogenic<br />

dystrophic changes of the levator muscle<br />

resulting in poor levator function<br />

• A small percentage of these changes include<br />

two types: misdirected third cranial nerve<br />

(CN III) ptosis of the Marcus-Gunn type &<br />

blepharophimosis<br />

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