We describe the management of the eyelid anomaly associated with Patau syndrome. 
Trisomy 13 is the genotype of the syndrome's phenotype. The eyelid anomaly was a 
tarsal kink, a congenital malformation of the tarsus that causes entropion. A 
2-month-old white girl presented with unilateral upper eyelid entropion and 
central corneal ulceration. To correct this condition, two 6-0 polyglactin 
sutures were passed through the gray line of the upper and lower eyelids and 
tied. Correction of the entropion and improvement in the corneal condition were 
achieved after surgery. No recurrence of the entropion or corneal ulceration was 
noted after 2 months of follow-up. This simple technique, which corrected the 
eyelid malposition, providing an excellent cosmetic result without incision of 
the tarsus, has been previously reported in other cases of tarsal kink but not 
in a patient with Patau syndrome.