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LA12.2 category

Congenital aphakia

Definition

Congenital primary aphakia is a developmental eye defect characterised by an absence of the lens, and can be associated with variable secondary ocular defects (including aplasia/dysplasia of the anterior segment of the eye, microphthalmia, and in some cases absence of the iris, retinal dysplasia, or sclerocornea).

Also indexed as

Congenital aphakiaPrimary aphakia, bilateralPrimary aphakia, unilateralagenesis of lenscongenital absence of lens

Nearby in Structural developmental anomalies of lens or zonula