Symblepharon
AI overview
A symblepharon is a partial or complete adhesion of the palpebral conjunctiva of the eyelid to the bulbar conjunctiva of the eyeball.
Key points
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Symblepharon results from disease or trauma
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It results either from disease (conjunctival sequelae of trachoma ) or trauma.
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Cicatricial pemphigoid and severe rosacea may cause symblepharon
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Cicatricial pemphigoid [ 1 ] and, in severe cases, rosacea may cause symblepharon.
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Congenital symblepharon may be associated with cryptophthalmos
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Congenital symblepharon may be seen with cryptophthalmos .
Treatment
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Treatment is symblepharectomy
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Its treatment is symblepharectomy .
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| Symblepharon | |
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| Symblepharon in lower conjunciva caused by chemical eye burn | |
| Differential diagnosis | trachoma |
A symblepharon is a partial or complete adhesion of the palpebral conjunctiva of the eyelid to the bulbar conjunctiva of the eyeball. It results either from disease (conjunctival sequelae of trachoma) or trauma. Cicatricial pemphigoid[1] and, in severe cases, rosacea may cause symblepharon. Congenital symblepharon may be seen with cryptophthalmos.[2] Its treatment is symblepharectomy.
- ↑ Holsclaw, DS (1998). "Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid and its treatment is surgery by conjunctival rotate graft and or amniotic membran transplant (AMT)". International Ophthalmology Clinics. 38 (4): 89–106. doi:10.1097/00004397-199803840-00009. PMID 10200078. S2CID 22753661.
- ↑ "Symblepharon - EyeWiki". eyewiki.org.
- Brazier, DJ; Hardman-Lea, SJ; Collin, JR (1986). "Cryptophthalmos: surgical treatment of the congenital symblepharon variant". The British Journal of Ophthalmology. 70 (5): 391–5. doi:10.1136/bjo.70.5.391. PMC 1041021. PMID 3008809.