Ablepharia

Classification according to ICD-10
Q10.3	Missing one / both eyelids
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

With Ablepharie (gr. A- "kein- / un-" and Blepharon " eyelid ") a partial or complete absence is called an eyelid. The defect can be congenital or acquired. A congenital ablepharia occurs, for example, in ablepharon macrostomy syndrome (AMS). Acquired causes are benign or malignant tumors , mechanical injuries, chemical burns or burns .

Web links

Wiktionary: Ablepharie  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pschyrembel clinical dictionary . With clinical syndromes and nouns anatomica. = Clinical Dictionary. Edited by the publisher's dictionary editor under the direction of Christoph Zink. 256th, revised edition. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1990, ISBN 3-11-010881-X .
2. ↑ orphanet: Ablepharon Macrostomy Syndrome

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