Brown syndrome
MONDO:0014624Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names Brown syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Brown syndrome is a rare eye disorder characterized by defects in eye movements caused by abnormalities of the superior oblique tendon sheath of the superior oblique muscle.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0014624), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
- Inheritance
- Autosomal dominant inheritance
HPO, annotations 2026-09-02
Features
2 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Brown anomalyHPOHP:0031622
- DiplopiaHPOHP:0000651
Where it sits
Other names
7 names
Resolves to: Brown syndrome
- Also called
- Brown tendon sheath syndromeBrown's (tendon) sheath syndromeBrown's sheath syndromeBrown's tendon sheath syndromeBRWNSsuperior oblique tendon sheath syndrometendon sheath adherence, Superior oblique