翼状胬肉在我国是一种常见的外眼疾病。过去国内文献已有对本病的临床分析与调查报告,较多认为发病因素与“外界刺激有关”者较多,也有认为与炎症有关,但有关遗传方面的报导还不多,Armaignac首先提出翼状胬肉可能是遗传性疾病;Higers首先认为本病是显性遗传性疾病。国内裴-吴两氏也提出翼状胬肉是常染色体显性遗传性眼病。我科于1983年发现一例有家族史的翼状胬肉患者。随即对该氏三代进行全面调查,现整理报告如下。一、调查资料范氏家族的临床表现:先证者的母亲钟氏 Pterygium in our country is a common outside eye disease. In the past, the domestic literature has been the clinical analysis of the disease and the investigation report, the more that the risk factors and the “external stimuli” who also think it is related to inflammation, but the genetic aspects of the report is not much, Armaignac first proposed wing Pterygium may be a genetic disease; Higers first considered the disease is a dominant genetic disease. Domestic Pei - Wu two also proposed pterygium is autosomal dominant hereditary eye disease. In 1983, our department found a case of pterygium with a family history of patients. Immediately after the three generations of the full investigation, now finishing the report as follows. First, the survey data Fan’s family clinical manifestations: proband’s mother Chung’s