Cryptophthalmos: surgical treatment of the congenital symblepharon variant

D J Brazier; S J Hardman-Lea; J R Collin

doi:10.1136/bjo.70.5.391

Cryptophthalmos: surgical treatment of the congenital symblepharon variant

Br J Ophthalmol. 1986 May;70(5):391-5. doi: 10.1136/bjo.70.5.391.

Authors

D J Brazier, S J Hardman-Lea, J R Collin

Abstract

A case of the congenital symblepharon variant of cryptophthalmos is reported. Surgical treatment is described. The ophthalmic features of cryptophthalmos and its systemic associations are reviewed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery
Ear / abnormalities
Eyelids / abnormalities*
Eyelids / surgery
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Methods
Nose / abnormalities
Syndactyly