Cryptophthalmos

Known as: Cryptophthalmia

A congenital abnormality characterized by the presence of a continuous layer of skin extending over the eyeballs and the absence of eyelids and the…

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2013

Present study was conducted to evaluate the teratogenic effects of sublethal concentrations viz., 19.36, 9.7, and 4.8µg/g BW of…

2008

We report the case of a 23-day-old boy with unilateral complete cryptophthalmos and congenital cystic eye, who had no associated…

1998

Cryptophthalmos is the congenital absence of the eyelid with skin passing continuously from the forehead onto the cheek over a…

1997

Summary Conjunctival flaps are commonly used to cover the cornea in patients who otherwise can not tolerate a scleral shell. An…

1997

An 18-year-old male patient was first seen with right congenital symblepharon (abortive cryptophthalmos) and right frontal…

1986

The mode of inheritance in the complete cryptophthalmic syndrome is not clear in all cases. In two of our patients with complete…

1979

Anomalies of the nose, larynx and oral cavity are described in two patients with cryptophthalmos. A teratogen acting at the time…

1972

The Meckel syndrome is a genetically determined (autosomal recessive) disease with major developmental abnormalities incompatible…

Review

1969

Review

1969

A 13-year-old white boy exhibiting multiple congenital deformities associated with cryptophthalmia is presented. For the first…

1968