Symblepharon

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Classification according to ICD-10
H11.2 Scars of the conjunctiva
- symblepharon
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Symblepharon describes the growing together of the conjunctiva of the eyelid with the conjunctiva of the eyeball. This occurs, for example, after eye burns , the erythema exudativum multiforme or with the scarring mucous membrane pemphigoid .

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