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Brow ptosis

MedGen UID:
602077
Concept ID:
C0423122
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Drooping brow; Eyebrow ptosis; Ptosis brow; Ptosis of eyebrow
SNOMED CT: Brow ptosis (246813002); Eyebrow ptosis (246813002); Ptosis brow (246813002); Ptosis of eyebrow (246813002)
 
HPO: HP:0031623

Definition

Drooping of the upper eyebrow below the superior orbital rim. [from HPO]

Conditions with this feature

Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome
MedGen UID:
340266
Concept ID:
C1854630
Disease or Syndrome
Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome (WSS) is characterized by developmental delay, intellectual disability, and characteristic facial features, with or without additional congenital anomalies. The facial features include thick eyebrows with lateral flare, vertically narrow and downslanted palpebral fissures, widely spaced eyes, long eyelashes, wide nasal bridge, broad nasal tip, thin vermilion of the upper lip, and thick scalp hair. About 60% of affected individuals have hypertrichosis cubiti ("hairy elbows"), which was once thought to be pathognomic for the syndrome, with a majority having hypertrichosis of other body parts. Other clinical features include feeding difficulties, prenatal and postnatal growth restriction, epilepsy, ophthalmologic anomalies, congenital heart defects, hand anomalies (such as brachydactyly and clinodactyly), hypotonia, vertebral anomalies (especially fusion anomalies of the cervical spine), renal and uterine anomalies, immune dysfunction, brain malformations, and dental anomalies.

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Connor MS, Karlis V, Ghali GE
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Koch RJ, Troell RJ, Goode RL
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Quach B, Clevens RA
Atlas Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am 2024 Mar;32(1):57-63. Epub 2023 Nov 24 doi: 10.1016/j.cxom.2023.10.005. PMID: 38307636
Dutton JW Jr, Chang IA, Zins JE
Clin Plast Surg 2022 Jul;49(3):349-356. Epub 2022 May 13 doi: 10.1016/j.cps.2022.01.004. PMID: 35710150
Ho TC, Couch SM, Custer PL
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2022 Sep-Oct 01;38(5):448-451. Epub 2022 Mar 23 doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002157. PMID: 35323142
Cotofana S, Freytag DL, Frank K, Sattler S, Landau M, Pavicic T, Fabi S, Lachman N, Hernandez CA, Green JB
Plast Reconstr Surg 2020 May;145(5):1155-1162. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006756. PMID: 32332530
Perumal B, Meyer DR
Facial Plast Surg 2018 Apr;34(2):230-234. Epub 2018 Feb 21 doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1636903. PMID: 29466811

Diagnosis

Ho TC, Couch SM, Custer PL
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2022 Sep-Oct 01;38(5):448-451. Epub 2022 Mar 23 doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002157. PMID: 35323142
Perumal B, Meyer DR
Facial Plast Surg 2018 Apr;34(2):230-234. Epub 2018 Feb 21 doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1636903. PMID: 29466811
Barsegian A, Botwinick A, Reddy HS
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2018 Mar/Apr;34(2):151-154. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000903. PMID: 28353471
Mack WP
Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2010 Aug;18(3):435-56. doi: 10.1016/j.fsc.2010.05.002. PMID: 20659676
Castro E, Foster JA
Facial Plast Surg 1999;15(3):173-81. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1064317. PMID: 11816080

Therapy

Quach B, Clevens RA
Atlas Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am 2024 Mar;32(1):57-63. Epub 2023 Nov 24 doi: 10.1016/j.cxom.2023.10.005. PMID: 38307636
Shaw LT, Phelps PO
Dis Mon 2020 Oct;66(10):101038. Epub 2020 Jul 1 doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2020.101038. PMID: 32622680
Cotofana S, Freytag DL, Frank K, Sattler S, Landau M, Pavicic T, Fabi S, Lachman N, Hernandez CA, Green JB
Plast Reconstr Surg 2020 May;145(5):1155-1162. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006756. PMID: 32332530
Kassir M, Gupta M, Galadari H, Kroumpouzos G, Katsambas A, Lotti T, Vojvodic A, Grabbe S, Juchems E, Goldust M
J Cosmet Dermatol 2020 Mar;19(3):570-573. Epub 2019 Dec 30 doi: 10.1111/jocd.13266. PMID: 31889407
Hahn S, Holds JB, Couch SM
Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2016 May;24(2):119-27. doi: 10.1016/j.fsc.2016.01.002. PMID: 27105797

Prognosis

Cotofana S, Freytag DL, Frank K, Sattler S, Landau M, Pavicic T, Fabi S, Lachman N, Hernandez CA, Green JB
Plast Reconstr Surg 2020 May;145(5):1155-1162. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006756. PMID: 32332530
Kassir M, Gupta M, Galadari H, Kroumpouzos G, Katsambas A, Lotti T, Vojvodic A, Grabbe S, Juchems E, Goldust M
J Cosmet Dermatol 2020 Mar;19(3):570-573. Epub 2019 Dec 30 doi: 10.1111/jocd.13266. PMID: 31889407
Perumal B, Meyer DR
Facial Plast Surg 2018 Apr;34(2):230-234. Epub 2018 Feb 21 doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1636903. PMID: 29466811
Barsegian A, Botwinick A, Reddy HS
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2018 Mar/Apr;34(2):151-154. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000903. PMID: 28353471
Niechajev I
Plast Reconstr Surg 2004 Jun;113(7):2172-80; discussion 2181. doi: 10.1097/01.prs.0000122403.06921.75. PMID: 15253211

Clinical prediction guides

Lee EJ, Seo CE, Lee MC
Aesthetic Plast Surg 2023 Feb;47(1):156-165. Epub 2022 Jul 14 doi: 10.1007/s00266-022-03007-1. PMID: 35833978
Cotofana S, Freytag DL, Frank K, Sattler S, Landau M, Pavicic T, Fabi S, Lachman N, Hernandez CA, Green JB
Plast Reconstr Surg 2020 May;145(5):1155-1162. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006756. PMID: 32332530
Kassir M, Gupta M, Galadari H, Kroumpouzos G, Katsambas A, Lotti T, Vojvodic A, Grabbe S, Juchems E, Goldust M
J Cosmet Dermatol 2020 Mar;19(3):570-573. Epub 2019 Dec 30 doi: 10.1111/jocd.13266. PMID: 31889407
Perumal B, Meyer DR
Facial Plast Surg 2018 Apr;34(2):230-234. Epub 2018 Feb 21 doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1636903. PMID: 29466811
Barsegian A, Botwinick A, Reddy HS
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2018 Mar/Apr;34(2):151-154. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000903. PMID: 28353471

Recent systematic reviews

Cavallini M, Cirillo P, Fundarò SP, Quartucci S, Sciuto C, Sito G, Tonini D, Trocchi G, Signorini M
Dermatol Surg 2014 May;40(5):525-36. Epub 2014 Feb 28 doi: 10.1111/dsu.12463. PMID: 24575858

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