Anophthalmia
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| Q11.1 | (Other) anophthalmos |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
Under anophthalmia (from ancient Greek ἀν- Toggle , see Alpha privativum and ὄφθαλμος ophthalmos "eye") refers to the congenital absence of the eye system . One-sided anophthalmia is called monophthalmia (one-eyedness).
It occurs relatively frequently in Patau syndrome ( trisomy 13), Fraser syndrome , Bakrania-Ragge syndrome and holoprosencephaly , and occasionally also in Toriello syndrome .
See also
literature
- Amit S. Verma, David R. FitzPatrick: Anophthalmia and microphthalmia. In: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases , Volume 2, No. 47, November 2007, ISSN 1750-1172 , doi: 10.1186 / 1750-1172-2-47 , PMID 18039390 .
