20Developmental anomalies
Structural developmental anomalies primarily affecting one body system
Structural developmental anomalies of the eye, eyelid or lacrimal apparatus
LA14Structural developmental anomalies of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus or orbit
LA14.0Structural developmental anomalies of eyelids
LA14.07
category
Ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum
Definition Isolated ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum is characterised by the presence of single or multiple thin bands of connective tissue between the upper and lower eyelids, preventing full opening of the eye.
Also indexed as
Ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum Ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum, bilateral Ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum, unilateral isolated ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum
Nearby in Structural developmental anomalies of eyelids
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