Dr. SHREYA SHAH

Dr. MEHUL SHAH, Dr. RUHI GUNAY, DR. RAUNAQ KHANNA

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: BLEPHEROPHYMOSIS SYNDROME IS TRIAD OF CONGENITAL ANOMALY EPICANTHUS INVERSUS,TELECANTHUS AND PTOSIS OBJECTIVE IS TO STUDY EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BLEPHEROPHYMOSIS SYNDROME

METHOD: THIS IS A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY TERTIARY EYE CARE CENTER. ALL EYES CLINICALLY DIAGNOSED BLEPHEROPHYMOSIS ALL DATA WAS DOCUMENTED IN PRETESTED FORMAT,EXPORTED FROM EMR AND ANALYSED WITH SPSS 22. DESCRIPTIVE AND CROSS TABULATION METHOD USED FOR ANALYSES. P VALUE <0.05 CONSIDERED STASTICALLY SIGNIFICANT RESULT: OUR COHORT CONSISTED OF 29 CASES WITH 7.8+/-5 YEARS 44.2% FEMALES AND 55.6% MALES. PRESENTING VISION > 6/24 IN 37.7% IN OU SUGGESTING NO AMBLYOPIA.10 PATIENTZ HAS UNDERWENT SURGERIES AND REMAINING PATIENT WERE NOT READY FOR SURGERY BECAUSE OF PROGNOSIS. 4 PATIENTS FROM SINGLE FAMILY PRESENTED WITH BEPS AND MONOCULAR ELEVATION DEFICIENCY SYNDROME.

CONCLUSION: BLEPHEROPHYMOSIS SYNDROME IS RELATIVELY RARE CONDITION IT MAY HAVE FAMILIAL TANDENCY AND ASSOCIATION WITH MEDS