Human Gene Set: HP_MARCUS_GUNN_JAW_WINKING_SYNKINESIS
Standard name
HP_MARCUS_GUNN_JAW_WINKING_SYNKINESIS
Systematic name
M47231
Brief description
Marcus Gunn jaw winking synkinesis
Full description or abstract
Unilateral ptosis with associated upper eyelid contraction and contraction of either the external or the internal pterygoid muscle. It is thought to occur because of congenital miswiring of a branch of the fifth cranial nerve into the branch of the third cranial nerve supplying the levator muscle. In Marcus Gunn jaw winking synkinesis, elevation and even retraction of the affected eyelid is triggered by chewing, suction, lateral mandible movement, smiling, sternocleidomastoid contraction, protruding tongue, Valsalva maneuver and even by breathing. [PMID:23345532, PMID:25754805]
